New To Linux/Ejecting USB Drive
I am new to Linux, going back to school to get my Bachelors and I am taking I Linux Admin course and I just love Linux so far. I have been running Ubuntu 14.4 on a VM. but tonight I installed Ubuntu 14.4 on a older Acer netbook I had, using a bootable usb I created with the Ubuntu iso file, and then I realized I dont know how to properly eject the thumbdrive. So a little help would be great.
System Info: 10 Inch Acer netbook 1.4 Ghz CPU 2.0 GB Ram 200 GB HD Thank You JC |
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 but with the Gnome Classic desktop. One of the menu items from your top bar should be a "Computer" menu item. On my machine, a USB drive icon will show up here. If so, you should be able to right-click on the icon and either eject or unmount the device.
Failing that, you can use the file manager to look at /media where the drive might be mounted, perhaps in a subdirectory. Again, the right-click and eject option should be operable. |
OTOH, bootable media is not necessarily mounted, if it is not just unplug it. Eject/umount is needed only if there were writes to the media to ensure the cache is flushed.
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Hi.
And if those don't work to find the drive the: Code:
sudo fdisk -l Code:
sudo umount /dev/theDrive |
Thank you for your help, i was looking for the cli commands and i got them. Everyone has been so helpful on this forum. Thank you
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to see what is currently mounted run:
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fred. |
MY OPTION, in what I do is just pull it out. it is hot plugged. :D
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It's an option, I've done it but only at risk... http://superuser.com/questions/18072...-unplugging-it ;)
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sudo blkid |
Best not trust in one or two storage devices\media*...
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