Re: auto umount usb devices?

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At 1:14 PM +0000 11/2/05, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
>Hi,
>
>how do I configure gnome-volume-manager to auto-umount USB devices when
>they're
>unplugged?
>
>I understand that pulling ext2 file systems without umounting is a bad
>idea, but it should be feasible with ext3 and vfat file system that
>have been mounted synchronously.
>
>I don't really mind this myself, but I have a hard time explaining my
>parents the fine points of (dis)mounting filesystems. I believe
>Windows XP handles unplug events automatically.

You want the OS to flush its buffers to the disk after the disk is
unplugged?  Uhh, how?
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