USB mobile disk safely unplug

serafimg · 03-10-2006, 03:38 PM

Under Windows there is a particular feature (¨Hardware Safely Remove¨) that you can run and after that you can safely unplug the usb device. Is there something similar under Linux? (I'm using Suse 9)

Thanks for your time!!

an2ny_18 · 03-10-2006, 03:41 PM

you can also right click the icon of your USB Mobile Disk and there's an option to remove.

serafimg · 03-10-2006, 04:22 PM

I use KDE and there isn´t any USB Mobile Disk icon

DeusExLinux · 03-10-2006, 07:44 PM

pop open a terminal, and type
umount /dev/sda1

or whatever your flash disk is mounted as.
KDE generally puts things in media:/ when it mounts them, check there too, you might be able to unmount it that way.

serafimg · 03-15-2006, 02:36 PM

I typed /dev/sda1 but my usb's red led is still on that means do not remove it...
The usb is mounted in the directory /media
Everything appears there as folder. What do you mean "you might be able to unmount it that way"?? In which way? What can I do the folder?

DeusExLinux · 03-15-2006, 03:30 PM

Not media/
media\

but, what's the name of the folder in which the drive is mounted.

like /media/sda1?

serafimg · 03-21-2006, 03:32 PM

the drive is mounted in this folder:
file:/media/usb-d6b48bb6d5e70f:0:0:0p1