MrWhisp Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 Hello, I have a USB memory stick to transfer files between work and home. When I insert the stick to my Mandrake 10.0 OS everything mounts correctly and I can use the stick, but sometimes the unmount doesn't seem to work. /mnt/removable and /mnt/removable2 is shown at the desktop even if the memory stick is removed. I have tried unmount without success. Anyone know how to get rid of the old icons? /MrWhisp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaAqoB Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 Don't take this as gospel but when ever I have had empty mount points I have just deleted them from /mnt like a normal file. I have had no issues, but please I'm very new to Linux and you may want a second opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inflexion Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 i always do an unmount from a terminal and its fine for me. Other than that just leave them where they are, if you use them all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 do they disappear after a reboot or are they still there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 try unmounting before you remove the device. Linux seems to like unmounting things that are there more than things that aren't :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWhisp Posted December 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 When I use unmount before removing the memory stick /mnt/removable2 dissappeared. The problem is that the old /mnt/removable is still present in the system, and it doesn't dissapear after remove or after unmount... /MrWhisp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Delete the line that have the /mnt/removable in your /etc/fstab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWhisp Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Delete the line that have the /mnt/removable in your /etc/fstab. Thanks! It worked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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