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? > 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. > > 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?
