How do you know if it is safe to remove a usb

[Aere Greenway]

On 01/12/2015 10:35 AM, Aere Greenway wrote:
> In the file browser (PCManFM), when I click (in the left pane, the 
> entry for the partition) the "eject" icon, if it's a flash drive 
> (including a flash drive with multiple partitions), its partition(s) 
> disappear from the left pane of the file browser.
>
> If it's an external (USB) hard drive, it stays in the left pane, but 
> its "eject" icon disappears.  Its additional partitions are 
> un-affected (still mounted) - you need to click on the "eject" icon of 
> those partitions as well.
>
> You can verify it is un-mounted by right-clicking on the entry in the 
> left pane, and if you see the choice to "mount" the partition, it is 
> un-mounted.
>
> When all partitions of the external hard-drive have been un-mounted 
> (as described above), it is safe to un-plug the USB external 
> hard-drive (at least, this practice has worked for me for years 
> without any problems).
I forgot to mention, that before doing this, I need to click on 
(left-click, to display) a local disk folder (such as the home directory).

If the file browser is displaying a folder in the drive to be un-mounted 
(ejected), the entire PCManFM window goes away, and you don't know if 
things got un-mounted or not, in which case you need to fire-up the 
file-browser again to find out.

-- 
Sincerely,
Aere