Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:16:14 -0300 (BRT) From: "Mario Lobo" <mlobo@digiart.art.br> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: buffers not syncing correctly during shutdown Message-ID: <26594.200.249.56.17.1255540574.squirrel@squirrel.sv4.hmnoc.net> In-Reply-To: <86vdiix775.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <permail-200910141049541e86ffa80000566c-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> <20091014151026.699a5765@ernst.jennejohn.org> <18175.200.249.56.17.1255528438.squirrel@squirrel.sv4.hmnoc.net> <86vdiix775.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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> "Mario Lobo" <mlobo@digiart.art.br> writes: >> I must add that even windows has a "Safely Remove Hardware" before >> unplugging the usb device. > > What it really means is "sync the filesystem and tell me if there are > any open or locked files". In most cases, you can yank the USB stick > out without adverse consequences. > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no > That IS true ! but like you said, "most cases" <> "all cases". Once, on a company I was doing work at, I clicked on "Safely Remove Hardware" and it said "can´t do it. device busy", although there was (apparently) nothing using any files from the stick. I yanked it out anyway. result: the 3 files I edited from the stick were gone :(. Since I don´t know when I am gonna hit a case that doesn´t belong to "most", I always try to remember to unmount (i.e. Safely Remove Hardware) the stick before unplugging it. Mario
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