linustorvalds wrote:

[b]Goineasy9 wrote:[/b]
[quote] At least in Fedora. I will watch for the lights on the stick to finish flashing, and when I see the Dolphin window disappear, remove the stick before remounting takes place.

yes, I also had this experience. And I think its better . plugging out when it is getting power from system , is like, plugging/un-plugging the power chord to/from the power socket with the power switch is in ON condition. I remember, i read some where in my engineering curriculum, that this method is wrong. :([/quote]

That method is definitely wrong, I learned that the hard way when USB jump drives were first sold by destroying two USB devices when I unplugged them without them being in the safe state.

Click safely remove
wait for lights to stop flashing
wait for dophin window to close

Somehow I guess I didn't make myself clear.

linustorvalds wrote:

[b]Goineasy9 wrote:[/b]
[quote]Click safely remove

wait for lights to stop flashing
wait for dophin window to close

It may be flashing because of some extra communication to confirm that the device is still connected, once it states that it is safely removed the umount is complete so you can consider it safe to remove from your computer.