Problem with copying from samba shared directory to pen drive

[Paul Smith]

On 11/5/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have a samba shared directory from which I am trying to copy a file
> > > to a pen drive. However, all that I get is a copied file with 0 bytes.
> >
> > Before or after you remove the drive and take it somewhere else ?
> > Can you turn debugging up on the Samba server if the former ?
>
> Thanks, Tom. The problem happens after having unplugged and plugged
> again the pen driver.

Apparently, the problem is isolated: if I remove the pen drive with
the "safe remove" option of KDE, then the reported problem occurs; if
I use 'umount /dev/sda1' instead, no problem occurs. Do others
experience the same?

Paul