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#1 2007-06-29 14:33:20
- Mr. X
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power off usb flash drive
How can I fully power off an usb flash drive? (Just like I can do in Windows with the "Safely remove" option)
When I just unmount the device, it's still blinking with it's light, meaning there's still some power in it...
I tried with eject, but it just returns "eject: unable to open `/dev/sdc1'"
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#2 2007-06-29 15:58:52
- thayer
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Re: power off usb flash drive
Unmounting the device will allow you to safely remove it. Typically, when you unmount a usb key, the icon will vanish from your desktop (depending on your environment, e.g. GNOME/KDE). At that point, you can safely unplug it.
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#3 2007-07-01 01:28:53
- normc
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Re: power off usb flash drive
On mine if I right click I get either "unmount or safely remove"
Norm
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