According to Cesar Rincon, > Ipsissima verba tvn: > > > Do I need to run some commands to stop the pcmcia service prior to > > ejecting the pc card ? or just press the eject button ? > > I usually do a ``cardctl eject'' before pulling the card out. > Sometimes I forget about it, never had a problem. I guess it is > important for PCMCIA storage devices, rather than just network cards.
For networking do an 'ifdown eth0' before cardctl eject. For disks, unmount any partitions first. I have a USB2.0 PCMCIA card, and it works find if powered on with card in place, but I have not been able to eject it without error or lockup. Perhaps that's too bleeding edge. But the speed sure is nice (external drive is nearly as fast as internal!).
