Re: [Hampshire] Use of 4 Gb USB data stick for backup

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Author: Alan Pope
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Use of 4 Gb USB data stick for backup

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gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Tue Aug 28 20:21:03 2007 BST
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Hi Alan,

On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 20:03 +0100, alan c wrote:
> With USB then - some care needs to be taken that the stick is not
> removed too early inadvertently.
>


Just run the "sync" command at the end of the backup, to flush the data
out, then for good measure run "eject" to force the OS to eject the
device (logically speaking, not literally). That way when the backup
finishes you _know_ you can yank the device out.

Cheers,
All.