Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 07:55:23 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Brandon S. Allbery "@FreeBSD.ORG, KF8NH@FreeBSD.ORG, " <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>"@server.baldwin.cx Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Safely" removing USB hard drive Message-ID: <XFMail.20030609075523.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1055146538.26438.1.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net>
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On 09-Jun-2003 Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 02:36, Remington L. wrote: >> I have a USB keychain storage device. I can get it working fine but I cant >> figure out how to properly disconnect it. In windows I can detach the drive >> and the LED on the USB keychain goes off. Can this be accomplished in FBSD >> 5.1? Or is unmounting and simply removing it safe? > > Simply unmounting it should be good enough. "camcontrol stop" will > probably do what you want (*after* unmounting it). or 'camcontrol eject'. eject is what I use to disconnect my firewire iPod for example. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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