Am 16.09.2013 13:04, schrieb Tim: > Having said that, if I had the option, I'd configure things so that USB > drives get flushed within moments of a save. I used to turn off write > buffering, where I had a choice. It made things slower, though slightly > safer. But it was years ago since I played with that, and I don't > recall the details of what I was doing it on, nor how.
http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount sync All I/O to the filesystem should be done synchronously. In case of media with limited number of write cycles (e.g. some flash drives) "sync" may cause life-cycle shortening. > I wish that sort of thing was the default, as USB flash drives, or even > USB-connected hard drives, are quite likely to get unplugged > unceremoniously, whether accidentally, or by users not realising it's a > bad thing to do. *no* read above! > And external drives with power supplies have another > point of failure - the power supplies being unplugged the power supply of the PC can also be unplugged....
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