Re: GNOME Shell can't unmount my USB key
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016, Me wrote:
> Le jeudi 11 février 2016 à 11:57 -0800, Patrick Bartek a écrit :
> > All I can say is it works, caveats you mentioned aside. No
> > problems in 3 years of use.
>
> Your system probably doesn't use caching then, unlike the default
> Debian+GNOME install. Since you are careful not to unplug your drives
> when the LED is on, this seems to be the reason why you didn't loose
> data.
To be frank, I don't really know if caching is enabled or not. Never
thought about it. Never checked. Since I never installed a
desktop/environment of any kind on this system (window manager only),
whatever they set up is not. But I'm assuming it is, since "caching"
is the default and is built into the kernel.
I'll check anyway. Maybe, it's not enabled for removable devices.
> It applies to your system, but it is still a dangerous advice to give,
> because many systems use the default, caching config. And you need a
> LED on all your keys to avoid damaging them.
You know, I've never even seen a key that doesn't have an LED on it.
Of course, I only buy the big "thumb" drives and not the teenie, tiny
ones designed to be inconspicuous.
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