Brendan wrote:
On Tuesday 15 May 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:On 05/15/07 15:52, pedxing wrote: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.[snip]I would rather not experiment on my wife's new mp3 player, but it would be a pain to force her to the command line every time she wants to transfer music to it...Does she just yank it out? IMNSHO, I would say to you: remember that Linux comes from a true multi-user heritage from back when 9-track (reel-to-reel) tapes ruled the data center, and were frequently dismounted and mounted. Thus, break the single-user mindset and proper unmount "tapes" when you are finished using them. In GNOME, when you right-click on a USB stick icon there is a choice to "Unmount volume". I'm sure than KDE has something similar. You and your wife should just train yourselves to this new reality.Or, look into setting up sync....So that yanking something out doesn't do damage.I love that you advise "Train yourselves to this new reality". Yeah, no.
But, based on prior conversations in this thread, and web pages referenced, using the auto sync feature may be a bad thing, actually damaging the flash device beyond use.
Bob
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