On 09/01/2008, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > GNOME and KDE are *supposed* to do this for you.
That is what I would like. I use KDE. > If he uses GNOME, does OP have gnome-mount and gnome-volume-manager > installed? What is the KDE equivilent? Note that when I insert a CD, the "what to do" dialog _does_ pop up. Just not with this USB disk-on-key (I haven't checked others). > > This last could be an issue, though, since you must have stopped access > > with all programs before autofs will do the umount. > > Definitely. Especially when copying an important doc to a thumb > drive, and it's only 1/2 copied when you tank it out. > > Besides, explicitly unmounting devices is a good habit to get into, > and I know for a fact that even Linux novices can easily be trained > to do it. I always unmount devices before pulling them out. On linux, I even run sync in a terminal before disconnecting. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
