From: Mike Holden <rockbox_at_mikeholden.uklinux.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:11:10 +0100 (BST)

Sharon said:
> Well, in spite of my fears, I seem to have installed Rockbox
> properly. I could not figure out what "unmount" or "eject" the USB
> device meant. Couldn't find an explanation in XP's help files (I'm
> primarily a Mac person but I have a PC). I downloaded the two
> software programs recommended to accomplish this, but didn't
> understand how to use either one. So I did what may have been a
> "no-no" and just turned the computer and Archos off and disconnected
> the USB cable. My understanding was that firewire and USB devices can
> be disconnected while the devices are on (at least they can on the
> Mac), so I am not sure what "Make sure you 'eject' (unmount) the usb
> disk before you unplug it" means, or what the consequences are of NOT
> doing it.

The main problem with USB disk devices (like the Archos) is that when you
save a file to the disk, it may not necessarily be physically written
immediately. When you unplug the cable a couple of minutes later it could
still be writing to the disk, which can cause corruption of the
filesystem.

Right-click on the Jukebox icon in your tray (bottom right hand corner)
and choose the "safely remove device" option. There should then be a list
of devices for you to choose to unmount. Once this has completed, you can
unplug the device.

-- 
Mike Holden
Rockbox page: http://www.mikeholden.org/~rockbox

Received on 2003-08-15