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[Bryan Manternach <908841@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a somewhat older "problem"  .  You need the "unmount" option
because "safely remove" is an "eject" operation that sends a command to
power off the device, and your card reader is powering down.  . for some
reason, the powers that be decided in their infinite wisdom that having
both "unmount" and "safely remove" in the same menu was too confusing.
So, you can use the CLI to unmount, or get an older or patched nautulus
that restores the unmount menu option.  Forcing a re-Scan of USB from
the CLI might bring it back, too.  This was a cosmetic decision that
IMO, is unnecessarily dumbing down the UI.

More details here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1477247

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Title:
  Safely Remove function shuts down USB Reader

Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
  New
Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am using a newer version of Linux Mint (9 I think, at least that's
  what's on the ISO I used.  That's probably another bug, I cannot find
  a way to identify what version of Linux Mint I have...).

  I am using a 32bit Pentium system with an attached USB card reader.  I
  insert an SD card, use it, and when I right click in the icon and
  select "Safely Remove Drive" the USB Card Reader is shut down.

  I do not know how to restart the drive, so I am forced to restart the
  computer to restart the USB Card Reader.


  Okay, read the instructions below (why do I have to come here to find
  out how to find what version Mint I have; what happened to the help
  and other menus that were so handy in Ubuntu?) and found out I'm using
  Mint 9 Isadora.

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