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In Debian if I halt the PC correct way, all the external mounted devices (Flash-memory, external HDDs, cameras, etc...) umount automatically so I don't need to umount them manually to unplug after halt? Right?
If the computer isn't running (halted), how would you unmount the device? Of course, when the computer is down, the devices are safe to be disconnected.
so I don't need to umount them manually to unplug after halt? Right?
Right.
Part of the shutdown process is to unmount all mounted filesystems.
If you disabled your "splash screen", you'd see the kernel messages going past as your machine is shutting down [ You'd also get to see the startup messages, these can be informative and useful ]. Somewhere near the end of the shutdown process comes "Unmounting remaining filesystems", very shortly after that, it halts.
Once the machine has powered off, it is safe to remove any external drives.
If you want to remove a mounted drive without powering down your machine, you must unmount it manually (ckicky-ckicky in the GUI, or the umount command in a terminal).
Last edited by tredegar; 05-31-2010 at 12:18 PM.
Reason: Typo: Oops. u!=i in "shutdown"
But what about the scenario when the system is going into the suspend mode?
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