USB 3 drives and remounting

[flocculant]

Yes I can unmount from a terminal - shouldn't have to - this is *buntu.

Linux for the *masses*

The main reason for bringing this up on the quality mailing list is to 
give the issue some more visibility.


On 15/12/16 15:58, JMZ wrote:
> Hi flocculant,
>
> Have you checked the device status through the lsblk command?  If you 
> are done with the device, you might have to enter a umount command for 
> the device before it is fully removable without data loss.
>
> I'm wary of file managers' ability to mount/unmount drives. Better to 
> set up a simple startup script which mounts all the drives at the 
> beginning.  It's a cinch then to umount drives as they are not 
> needed.  Anything that could result in data loss is best entrusted to 
> a terminal.
>
> Jordan
>
> On 12/15/2016 01:45 AM, flocculant wrote:
>> I've been seeing the bug wherein a usb3 drive remounts itself after 
>> you've ejected via file manager(s) for some time
>
> <snip>
>