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Idea
#5993: Applications should automatically unmount devices when needed
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Written by d1s4st3r the 29 Mar 08 at 09:04.
Category: System.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
Recently I needed to erase a DVD-RW to copy a new .ISO image on it. When I put the DVD into the writer, Ubuntu automatically mounted it on a certain mount point (this because that DVD wasn't blank but containing some data).
When I opened GnomeBaker and tried to erase it, GnomeBaker crashed because the resource (the DVD) was busy (or mounted).
Just as a CD burning program can't write on a mounted CD, other programs like partitioning ones can't work on mounted partitions.
So, I think some applications (like GnomeBaker) may have the possibility to automatically unmount devices without asking user interaction in case they need to operate on them.
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Gatesgamer33 wrote on the 29 Mar 08 at 09:39
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We could also have the gnome program that burn cds by default, erase the data if asked.
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Steeley wrote on the 29 Mar 08 at 10:21
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Brasero does this and is included in Hardy by default.
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Robsie wrote on the 29 Mar 08 at 21:15
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so close this thread...
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dominik.mayer wrote on the 30 Mar 08 at 18:05
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And what happens if a user is editing a file on the device? That might not be a problem if he's about to burn a CD but it is if he's about to partition and doesn't know he should better save his documents.
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