[Bug 35222] Re: make clear to users that devices need to be unmount before beeing unpluged

loftx tom at loftxnetwork.co.uk
Sat Jun 3 09:49:10 UTC 2006


I have noticed this too - the problem is the user might not realize this
delayed write (async?) behavior is used and think their files have
finished copying when in fact it hasn't actually started.

Possibly a dialog should pop up when a USB disk is mounted with
something like "This device uses delayed write: Any changes will be made
when the device is unmounted. Make sure to unmount the device before
disconnecting the cable or removing the device"

Also as an aside - why is the delayed write used - it's not the default
behaviour in Windows (where you can just remove the device once the file
copy dialog disappears) and could be confusing for migrating users.

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make clear to users that devices need to be unmount before beeing unpluged
https://launchpad.net/bugs/35222




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