-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/16/07 03:09, Nelson Castillo wrote: > On 5/16/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 > > (cut) > >> What you *could* do is add an entry to root's crontab which runs >> sync(1) every 15 or 30 seconds. That would *mitigate* the usb stick >> timeouts, but would sync *all* drives, not just your thumb drive. >> And I don't know what deleterious effect that a *possible* 120 or >> 240 updates/hour to the FAT table of plugged-in sticks would have to >> the life of those sticks. > > Perhaps you should use the "sync" option that "mount" provides?
If you read the contents of the link I provided, you'd see why sync-mounting a vfat device might be a very bad idea. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGSr+IS9HxQb37XmcRAo8JAKCREyF0Qs74Q8X8t7ikNW2BmxAUFwCgyM1W 880JRfCN5kL+KRXE5qVaClQ= =0Juc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
