Michael H. Warfield wrote:
You want the OS to flush its buffers to the disk after the disk is
unplugged? Uhh, how?
Never used it, but are we talking about the "sync" or "dirsync" mount
option here?
Don't go there... Don't even think it.
The sync option was in there for a while and it caused nothing but
headaches on FAT/VFAT USB drives. As it stands, the sync option causes
the system to viciously beat up on the FAT tables anytime you are
Hmmm... but how about having some sort of update daemon that flushes
buffers every 3 seconds or so? Then unplugging would be safe if the user
just waits 3 seconds after the last operation finishes.
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