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From:	Anders Thomson <andersthomson888@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] OT: cleanup after USB backup drive unplugged?
Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:17:05
Message-Id:	`A066A663-3AEA-410D-9486-7BE69FA0123B@gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] OT: cleanup after USB backup drive unplugged? by Adam Carter

1	On January 12, 2018 10:58:17 AM GMT+01:00, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote:
2	>>
3	>> I replaced it with a USB3 drive, so I needed to update the udev rules
4	>> that automatically mount it and then "umount" it when it's removed.
5	>>
6	>
7	>Pretty sure you'd risk filesystem corruption by not umounting before
8	>you
9	>remove the device. Did it used for force an fsck on each mount because
10	>the
11	>filesystem was "dirty"? If not, i have a fundamental misunderstanding
12	>of
13	>how this stuff works.
14
15	Systemd's automount solves this nicely.
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