Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 10:56:56 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com>, Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> Subject: Re: Correct way to disconnect/eject an USB hard disk ? Message-ID: <e3504a56-18f9-6da2-63a0-b61251a4ea42@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <20200820050222.e54467e3.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <C6B11926-65BE-4A05-B421-9F3E9C9AACF6@kukulies.org> <20200819142952.3686baa8.freebsd@edvax.de> <DB8PR06MB64427319E175193D1B828135F65D0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <b9b46ecb-b1ef-8f67-7b41-ae3cf0d3864b@dreamchaser.org> <20200820044352.678a588e.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200820050222.e54467e3.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Thanks all for the explanations and ideas On 8/19/20 9:02 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 04:43:52 +0200, Polytropon wrote: >> The idea of "just give it a few seconds after you physically >> remove the USB stick" [...] > > ... is of course nonsense - you wait _before_ physically > removing the USB stick. It doesn't make sense to wait > after disconnecting. :-) Ah, that must be my problem ;-) But it does make sense -- uh... let me think... what do I do now? :-) But on a mostly unrelated note, I have a ritual I've been performing for nigh on ten years: Before plugging in a USB stick on one particular box, I stick a finger over the USB stick connection, touch the box/case and run my finger down to the front panel USB connector and wiggle my fingertip over the connector. Then plug in the stick. If I don't do that, 9 times out of 10 the machine will freeze up and I have to manually power off, reboot, and fsck. It's obviously(?) static related, although I've never felt/heard any static anywhere near and it only happens on this one box. I just adapted and learned to live with it. Gary
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