On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Judy & Lindsay Roberts wrote:
So, does this mean, that if it is plugged in after Linux has loaded, it will be unmounted and need to be mounted so that data can be saved to it?
No, you have it around the wrong way. When you want to access a new disk (such as a CD, or USB key) you have to mount the new drive. This is often automatically done by many new distributions when you plug in a USB key or insert a CD. When you have finished with a device, you need to unmount it before removing it. This is kinda equlivent to "Start Stop Hardware" that you get in Windows. Again, some modern distro's are setup in such a way as to protect you if you remove a drive before unmounting it. Unfortunatly this is all very distribution dependent, so you should probably tell us what you are using, then someone who also runs that can give you specific help. Cheers, Jamie