What provides safely remove in nautilus menu?

yonnieboy · 05-22-2010, 02:20 AM

Squeeze has it but my Lenny don't. How do I get it in Lenny? Makes me nervous to remove usb drives while they're still on, unmount doesn't turn the drive off.

Dutch Master · 05-22-2010, 08:30 PM

If you unmount the device and the system reports it as unmounted, it's safe to remove it. Compare it to filling up your car: if you let go of the handle, the fuel flow stops, but there's still fuel in the hose. Yet it's safe to remove, as the flow itself has stopped

yonnieboy · 05-23-2010, 12:41 AM

I was hoping there was a package available in Lenny repo. for download that would provide this feature for the Nautilus menu. Guess I'll just have to wait till squeeze gets closer to stable.

makuyl · 05-23-2010, 02:13 AM

You can use the command "sync" to sync file transfers to the device before removing it.

yonnieboy · 05-23-2010, 02:43 PM

That's a good idea, but sync doesn't turn off the device.