On Thu, 11 Feb 2016, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 10:49:43 (-0800), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Tue, 09 Feb 2016, David Wright 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. 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. > > > > > > Apart from not pulling the plug early, what pitfalls are you > > > avoiding with your carefully crafted udev rule? > > > > In 3 years of use, I've experienced no problems. Why does no one > > believe me? And as far as "carefully crafted," I just modified a > > rule that was designed exclusively for flash/thumb drives by > > following the "manual." > > I didn't express any disbelief. I've pulled the plug accidently on
That was a theatrical aside, not a comment directed at you specifically. > occasion and usually find it unmounts ok so long as I haven't tried to > use the missing device (which can be as simple as switching panes in > mc). > > But I was interested in your rule because I haven't touched > /etc/udev/rules.d/ except to clean stale entries when swapping > NICs or optical drives. Again, you write "you should do some research > on udev and writing rules yourself", but I prefer learning by example > rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. In a reply to another, I posted a link on writing such a rule. It gives an example. An excellent one. Or you could just investigate using the utilities udisks and udisks-glue which handle automounting of removable media. No rules to write. B
