On Tue, 09 Feb 2016, Brian wrote: > On Tue 09 Feb 2016 at 09:00:50 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Tue, 09 Feb 2016, Me wrote: > > > > > Le lundi 08 février 2016 à 13:50 -0800, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > > > > Perhaps in days gone by: my OS prior to Wheezy -- Fedora 12 -- > > > > was like that. Anything USB had to be mounted/unmounted > > > > manually. What a pain. And if you unplugged without > > > > unmounting . . . Yes, things could break. But with Wheezy > > > > which I've been using for 3+ years have had no problems with > > > > just plug/unplug. The only precaution is to check the drive > > > > activity light isn't flickering. > > > > > > Just because you didn't lose data doesn't mean it's safe. All > > > systems are known to use caching, and GNOME frequently informs > > > me, after having asked to unmount my key, that I shouldn't unplug > > > it until it has finished to write data on it. > > > > Yes, I know about caching, but on my system read/writes to removable > > devices are almost instantaneous. So, there's been no problems. > > How do you manage this instantaneity?
Can't tell you. It just is. Although my system is very custom: Started with a basic terminal system with networking, and built it piece by piece. No Desktop and all that crap comes with it, just a window manager, Openbox, and some essential utilities. System still boots to a terminal where I login and run startx. > > However, I did write my on udev rule to do the mounting/unmounting, > > and this was after reseaching expert advice on how to do it > > properly. But as with any advice, you should do what's best for you. > > Published udev rules can be examined and tested. https://soosck.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/improved-udev-rule-arch-linux/ This is basically the same as what I came up with, although I don't have the code that places an icon on the Desktop since I don't have one. > > > Additionally, I don't have any LED on this drive, which makes it > > > even more dangerous. > > > > Then my method won't work well for you. > > So - a visible LED indication is essential? Essential? Perhaps. At the very least, it's a simple indicator that the drive is in use. B
