Re: panic after removing usb flash drive

From: Daniel O'Connor (doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au)
Date: 08/31/05

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    To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:30:12 +0930

    On Wednesday 31 August 2005 22:19, Eric Anderson wrote:
    > > Although last time I saw this discussed I came away with the impression
    > > that it wasn't possible for the kernel to do this..? (without substantial
    > > work anyway)
    >
    > Why not just use the automounter to mount/umount this for you? This
    > probably won't get around umounting while in use, but you might be able
    > to tell amd to use a umount -f on it.

    I would have thought you'd still get a panic anyway..?
    The VM will try and flush the dirty pages when you umount and consequently
    panic. 

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