Confirmed here as well. This is actually *quite serious* since it can lead to loss of data.
To prevent it, either manually unmount the drive in the console (umount waits till all the data is flushed) or run "sync" to explicitly flush the data. -- "safely remove" isnt safe https://launchpad.net/bugs/70417 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
