Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:49:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:49:22 -0500 Received: from etpmod.phys.tue.nl ([131.155.111.35]:62779 "EHLO etpmod.phys.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:49:18 -0500 Message-Id: <200111291345.fATDjse10335@gum09.etpnet.phys.tue.nl> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:45:51 +0100 (CET) From: bart@etpmod.phys.tue.nl Reply-To: bart@etpmod.phys.tue.nl Subject: Re: umounts and sync To: maftoul@esrf.fr cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011129143844.B3221@pcmaftoul.esrf.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- Bart Hartgers - TUE Eindhoven Get my GPG key at http://etpmod.phys.tue.nl/bart/pubkey.gpg - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/