Re: proper way to eject pcmcia card

[Christian Gennerat <xgen@free.fr>]

Cesar Rincon a écrit :

> Ipsissima verba tvn:
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> > Do I need to run some commands to stop the pcmcia service prior to
> > ejecting the pc card ?  or just press the eject button ?
> >    
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> I usually do a ``cardctl eject'' before pulling the card out.
> Sometimes I forget about it, never had a problem.  I guess it is
> important for PCMCIA storage devices, rather than just network cards.
>  
Even with network card, if you have a NFS or SAMBA mount on it, cardctl 
eject is useful,
because it unmounts all the network mounts for this device..


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Christian Gennerat