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Subject: usb drive corrupt
From: gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 17:10:25 -0400
In-reply-to: <20050804210235.GA18020@localhost.localdomain>
References: <OF65DBF3F4.5375AA4C-ON85257053.00702909-85257053.0070A5AF@reebok.com> <200508041648.16284.gaf@blu.org> <20050804210235.GA18020@localhost.localdomain>

On Thursday 04 August 2005 5:02 pm, David Hummel wrote:
> No, please use umount first. ?Not doing so could potentially get you
> right back into the same situation. ?umount ensures that there are no
> open files on the device, and that any filesystem buffers are flushed.
David,
This used to be important, but it is not any longer, but it is always a good 
practice. 
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References:
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  - From: John.Boland at reebok.com (John.Boland at reebok.com)
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  - From: gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)
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  - From: dhml at comcast.net (David Hummel)

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