We changed the default action (in the nautilus bar) to do an eject, not a safe removal, for this very reason. You really do not want to remove the internal drive. :-)
I'm afraid there is nothing we can do about this right now, since this kind of hardware unhelpfully does not say that it is not really hotpluggable. ** Changed in: gvfs (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- sd card "safely remove drive" kills reader device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504440 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gvfs in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs