> > The system should be able to unmount the device regardsless of which > > resources are using it when you press the eject button. You know best if > > you want the disk out or not, the system shouldn't restrict you in doing > > this.
> I think this choice shouldn't be made by you or by me, but by every single > user. And i think locking the drives by default is ok. How about mount-on-demand? > > Same thing with usb storage. The system should auto-unmount the device if > > you unplug it. > And how's that supposed to work? Once you removed the stick it's already > away. > Your computer cannot finish pending operations like clearing it's buffers. > You HAVE to umount it before removing. Even on other Systems that's the way > to go. > Well, you could mount the drive in sync-mode (beginning with 2.6.12 it should > also work with FAT. But remember we're talking about flash-drives. They only > can be flashed limited times. If you use sync, every operation will > immediatley trigger writing the data to the usb-stick. Your USB-Stick might > become unusable much earlier. I find it best to mount writable removables with -o sync. That way apps finish saving when they appear to finish saving, which limits damage by novice users and dont-care-about-the- technical-details users and old-hand-who-just-forgot users. The union of the above sets of users, oddly, appears to encompass the majority of the population (;-)). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
