USB flash memory

[Derek Broughton]

Greg Booth wrote:

> On 7/31/07, Neil Winchurst <neil at holsdev.vispa.com> wrote:
>> I have never tried using any flash memory sticks or such like. Does
>> anyone have any comments, warnings, advice etc please?
>>
>> (Kubuntu Edgy, if that is useful).
> 
> Never, EVER just unplug them, ALWAYS eject them safely. This goes for
> all operating systems. Yanking it out is a great way to guarantee
> you'll end up with a dead stick.

You'll practically never end up with a dead stick.  Perhaps a seriously
wounded one (I once had to download a Windows program to fix one).

But you may very well lose data, as the data is usually not written
immediately to the stick, as they have a limited number of writes
available.
-- 
derek