On 15 May 2007 09:34:05 -0700 pedxing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lenny AMD64. > > When I write to a USB device (stick or mp3 player), I notice that > the writes appear to happen quickly, but actually take a long time to > complete. I assume there is some form of caching going on. > > To be safe, I issue a sync command from a terminal and wait for it > (up to 15 minutes!) to complete before unmounting the drive. > > Is there any way to prevent the caching from occuring? I would like > to configure things so that, for instance, when I (ok, actually my > wife) use konqueror to copy songs to my mp3 player, when the copy > dialog says 100%, I can immediately unmount the device without > having to wait for a delayed write. > > I have looked at the mount man page, but it says the sync option > (which I think is what I want) is only available for ext2/3 and ufs > file systems.
The man page may be wrong [0] - and beware of damaging the flash stick! > -Ped [0] http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/22/111748.html Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
