Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:26:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB memory stick hotswap problems Message-ID: <20040925132430.C65556@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <41555396.4030009@fer.hr> References: <41555396.4030009@fer.hr>
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, Ivan Voras wrote: > What is the expected behavour when umounting USB drives which have > already been unplugged? :) panic. You must unmount volumes before removing them from the system. Otherwise there is unflushed dirty data that will get lost, causing data corruption on the volume. You will get a panic since the system doesn't know what to do with the data and wants to avoid causing any further damage. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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