Owen Heisler wrote: > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 06:56 -0700, Tony Godshall wrote: > [...] > >>A side note/tip: It can be good to mount these types of >>drives with -o sync. I've pulled out my usb flash drive by >>mistake before it was really done because without option >>sync cp and mv would return as soon as the operation was >>queued. > > Unless you want significant better performance. I really like being > able to work off of floppies and usb drives quickly with async set. You > can mess around all you want, and then when you're done unmount and > watch Linux throw it all on!
Unless you're like me, and you're mounting a volume to put one large file on it and actually want to see a progress bar while the thing writes so you can go do something else. (That was a lot of clauses.) -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL++++ P++++$ L+++>++++ E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--) b- DI+> D++ G>+++ e>++ h(--)>--- !r>+++ y->+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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