USB drives and unmounting

[Sidarth Dasari]

Vadim Peretokin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wondering if any of the technical-minded people could please take a 
> look at this thread:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=655136
>
> Which is discussing the difficulties posed when unmounting removable 
> media. The problem at hand is that the "writing data" to device popups 
> seem to appear randomly, and also offer no progress bar, leaving you 
> wondering if the thing is frozen, or is it safe to remove or no.
>
> Thanks!
I also agree that it is a bit confusing. There should at least be a 
progress bar or some output that shows what its doing.