Unmounting removable devices
Ivan Sagalaev
maniac at softwaremaniacs.org
Tue Nov 11 08:52:20 GMT 2008
Matthew East wrote:
> I think it's a good idea. Whether they use Windows or Ubuntu, new
> users (at least those I know) hardly ever get to know that they should
> unmount removable devices before unplugging them.
BTW, can we get rid of this concept at all? As far as I understand this
situation exists only because of cached write that causes progress bars
and other visual indications to end before the actual process ends. I
believe that switching off write cache for removable drives will greatly
reduce chances for the user to mess things up by unplugging a drive. Or
am I wrong?
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