ipod ejecting problem

[Jordi Ferrando]

I have used for some time with the umount, and don't care about the message in 
the iPod. At least for me worked fine.

El Sábado, 31 de Diciembre de 2005 23:48, NatureCyber Life escribió:
> but, when you unmount it, does the "do not disconnect" message goes away
> too? cuz i can unmount it without problems, the thing is the message doesnt
> go away and im afraid one day my ipod will be erased.
>
> On 12/31/05, Jordi Ferrando <jferrando at netplc.com> wrote:
> > I use my ipod, and execute mount and umount statements and works fine,
> > never
> > tried eject.
> >
> > $ sudo umount /dev/sda2
> > Or
> > $sudo umount -l /dev/sda2
> >
> > The mounting is done automatically by kubuntu.
> >
> > El Sábado, 31 de Diciembre de 2005 22:10, NatureCyber Life escribió:
> > > i tried with the "sudo eject -s /dev/ipod" command and it told me there
> >
> > was
> >
> > > no such file, then i tried with "sudo eject -s /dev/sda2" and it told
> > > me "/dev/sda2: cannot execute binary file". i dont know what a symlink
> > > is, maybe im making a mistake?
> > >
> > >  Well, ive tried with many different ways to remove my ipod safely and
> >
> > all
> >
> > > i get is "unable to open `/dev/sda'".
> > >
> > >  I also waited more than a minute before opening the gtkpod and i kept
> > > getting the warning message about not finding the itunes database.
> > >
> > >  No matter what i try I cant figure out the way to get rid of the "do
> >
> > not
> >
> > > disconnect" message and im getting desperate, i hope someone knows why
> >
> > all
> >
> > > this problems happen and a nice way to go around them.
> > >  Thank you Jules for your help.
> > >
> > > On 12/29/05, Jules Dubois <4lvhgwz02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 29 December 2005 13:31, NatureCyber Life
> > > > <nclife at gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > (<520f3ee20512291231k6e843195ja5bf361c9ec8a189 at mail.gmail.com>) wrote:
> > > > > anyone? i still cant figure out how to get rid of the "do not
> > > >
> > > > disconnect"
> > > >
> > > > > message to remove it safely.
> > > >
> > > > I use "eject -s /dev/ipod" where ipod is a symlink to sda2.  eject
> >
> > used
> >
> > > > to work reliably, but for some months, it only works once or twice
> >
> > after
> >
> > > > a reboot.  When it doesn't work, I sometimes try again; then, eject
> > > > usually tells me "unable to open /dev/sda2" and after it's told me
> >
> > that
> >
> > > > once, it always give the same error.
> > > >
> > > > Now, when eject fails, I just pull the cable after unmounting it and
> > > > waiting
> > > > at least a minute.
> > > >
> > > > I also wait at about a minute after attaching it to the computer
> >
> > before
> >
> > > > starting gtkpod (which I've configured to mount and unmount it). 
> > > > When
> >
> > I
> >
> > > > wait, it never tells me it can't find its databases.
> > > >
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