On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 14:55 +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 02:05:49PM +0200, Isak Savo wrote:
> > I think he's talking about the fact that when you "unmount" a USB
> > device in windows, the devices are often turning off their leds to
> > indicate that they are now turned off. When unmounting in linux, this
> > is often not the case (although the device *is* properly unmounted and
> > data is flushed, so it's just a cosmetic thing.).
>
> My iAudio M3 says "Do not disconnect!" on its display even after
> unmounting, I don't think this is only cosmetic.
My iPod does the same. You need to eject the device. Interestly when I
right-click on an iPod on my desktop, I'm pretty certain I get to Eject
instead of Unmount.
Ross
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