Remove USB

JyppyJey · 08-02-2009, 06:09 PM

Hello! I wonder if the iliad has an option to remove safely usb pendrives and sd cards. Will the pendrive be damaged if I remove it while blinking?
thanks

cbell · 08-05-2009, 05:29 AM

There's no option to safely remove a usb drive or sd card from an iLiad.

I make sure I'm at a contentlister screen and don't have the cursor at the MMC/SD or USB menu item before I remove a card or usb stick.

However, if either the iLiad or usb stick are blinking, I would do a full shut down of the iLiad before removing any cards or the usb stick - just in case. Its not worth taking a chance of corrupting your files.

And... welcome to Mobileread

Shaggy · 08-05-2009, 12:53 PM

The main concern is that if you're modifying/writing to the filesystem that there are still cached I/O operations that haven't been pushed through to the physical card yet. Most of the time on something like the iLiad, you're doing read-only anyway. Other than the first time you open a document it's basically just reading them. It'll be saving some changes to the manifest when you open/close, but the document itself isn't getting written to.

As cbell mentions, I think just making sure you've closed all of the documents and that the lights aren't flashing should be enough to keep you out of trouble. If you're really worried about it, then shutdown before you remove the card. I don't think that's necessary most of the time though.

JyppyJey · 08-07-2009, 02:08 PM

thank you!

Shaggy · 08-07-2009, 02:26 PM

Another suggestion is that you keep a backup copy of anything you put on the SD card. That way, if something strange does happen, you still have copies of your documents.

08-02-2009, 06:09 PM	#1
JyppyJey Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iliad 2nd ed	Remove USB Hello! I wonder if the iliad has an option to remove safely usb pendrives and sd cards. Will the pendrive be damaged if I remove it while blinking? thanks

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08-05-2009, 05:29 AM	#2
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	There's no option to safely remove a usb drive or sd card from an iLiad. I make sure I'm at a contentlister screen and don't have the cursor at the MMC/SD or USB menu item before I remove a card or usb stick. However, if either the iLiad or usb stick are blinking, I would do a full shut down of the iLiad before removing any cards or the usb stick - just in case. Its not worth taking a chance of corrupting your files. And... welcome to Mobileread

08-05-2009, 12:53 PM	#3
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	The main concern is that if you're modifying/writing to the filesystem that there are still cached I/O operations that haven't been pushed through to the physical card yet. Most of the time on something like the iLiad, you're doing read-only anyway. Other than the first time you open a document it's basically just reading them. It'll be saving some changes to the manifest when you open/close, but the document itself isn't getting written to. As cbell mentions, I think just making sure you've closed all of the documents and that the lights aren't flashing should be enough to keep you out of trouble. If you're really worried about it, then shutdown before you remove the card. I don't think that's necessary most of the time though.

08-07-2009, 02:08 PM	#4
JyppyJey Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iliad 2nd ed	thank you!

08-07-2009, 02:26 PM	#5
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	Another suggestion is that you keep a backup copy of anything you put on the SD card. That way, if something strange does happen, you still have copies of your documents.

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