Re: umounts and sync

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On 29 Nov, Samuel Maftoul wrote:
> (re-)hello everyone,
> I'm currently writing a script for hotplug ieee1394 hard drives.
> I'm encountering troubles with something:
> my hotplug agent launch a script when you unplug the disk.
> This script calls umount.
[snip]

This is the same problem as with a PC floppy. Users need to know that
you need to unmount first, and then remove the disk. But maybe you can
make hotplug tell the user to put the disk back.

Bart

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