[Lilux-help] usb/firewire mounting trouble

[Bob Hentges]

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:57:30 +0200, Frédéric Becker <frederic at anesec.lu> wrote:
> hi there ,

moien :)

> when mounting an usb device, the device is shown as /dev/sda1 (according to
> cat /proc/partitions). so far so god.
> but when unpluggins the device without unmounting it, a problem appears:
>
> <snip>
> 
> what can i do?

Oh - I guess you will slap me for saying this ;-)

What about unmounting your devices before pulling the cable out? I
mean, most filesystems will corrupt, sooner or later, when you
continue to work like that. Even if it used to work in the past isn't
a reason to continue this faulty behaviour.

Friendly,

Bob Hentges
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