I don’t fucking know why I can’t eject USB hard drives. I installed the SysInternals apps, and best they can tell me is that Dropbox is fucking with the drives. I explicitly told Dropbox to not fuck with USB drives. I don’t know who’s lying, I just want whoever is fucking with the drives to stop fucking with the drives, OK??? OK.

  • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    562·
    2 days ago

    Windows:

    Someone else potentially has this file open, would you like to open a read only copy?

    Linux:

    Someone else potentially has this file open and they may have a newer version than you, would you like to save anyways?

    Such a small difference but enough to make Linux superior.

    • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
      37·
      2 days ago

      To be relevant to the post:

      Windows

      Someone is using the drive, you can't eject

      Linux

      $ umount /mnt
unmount failed: device in use 
$ umount -f /mnt
$
      • the_crotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        Windows
        mountvol (drive letter) /p

        Just because you don’t know the command doesn’t mean it’s not possible.

      • Bloefz@lemmy.world
        5·
        1 day ago

        I often get situations where umount -f doesn’t even work :( Especially on a full desktop (not server) where some stuff is probably crawling the drive to make thumbnails or whatever.