On Monday 06 November 2006 03:15, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 00:08 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > > It happens as you describe. However, there is no way of safely > > removing the media but removing it as root. > > Sure there is (at least in gnome). The desktop icon has an unmount > option, and that makes sure writes are complete before the icon is > removed (and the umount completes). > > I use it all the time in both FC5 andf FC6. > Similarly, in kde I have a desktop icon from which I get 'Safely Remove', and it works perfectly. I do always allow a few seconds grace before I remove it, just in case any cache is being flushed. Anne
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