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From: "Mathias Haas" <mathias@haas.se>
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Subject: Best way to remove HD?
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Hello! I wonder if this is the best way to disconnect an external firewire
disk (Lacie) that's used as an external backup?

First I do the backup then I run the 'sync'-command in order to write down
any data still in the buffer. After that I umount the disk and then I turn
of the power and disconnect the disk from the computer.

Before the backup starts I connect the drive and then I simply mount it.

Is there any better way to do it or is this safe?