[lunar_rhythm]

like for a ipod, phone ecetera..

The only method I am familiar with doing this is the green-arrow icon in the bottom right of windows. How do I do this with Mepis?

Thanks!

 

[saikee]

Find the device in /mnt and use the command "umount".

If it is /mnt/sdc1 then

umount /mnt/sdc1

You can check before and the above command with

ls /mnt/sdc1

to make sure the files close down as you want them to be.

If Linux refuses it will tell the device is busy and cannot be unmounted. That would be the case that other applications are accessing the device. Close them down and try again.

Exactly same as you would need to do in Windows.

 

[fenderfreek]

In Mepis, you should see an icon appear on your desktop for the device. If not, browse to the top of the filesystem in your file manager and you'll see an icon for it. Right click either one of those and select the "Eject" or "Unmount" option. You can then safely remove the device.