Re: only 'umount -l' works with one of my usb sticks
On 2005-04-27, H. S. penned:
> Apparently, _Todd A. Jacobs_, on 26/04/05 22:26,typed:
>>
>> If the stick isn't mounted sync, then it can take quite a while for all
>> the buffers to flush.
>
> I one of my earlier posts in this thread, I gave the output of the mount
> command. I guess the stick is mounted sync:
> /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk type vfat
> (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,noatime,quiet,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077)
>
This rings a bell. In the USBMount config file, there's an
interesting comment:
#############################################################################
# WARNING! The vfat filesystem does not yet fully implement sync-mounting. #
# If you include "vfat" in the list of filesystem types, you *MUST* make #
# sure all data is written to the medium before you remove it (e.g. run the #
# "sync" command in a terminal window). Otherwise, you *WILL* lose data! #
#############################################################################
The wording makes me think it's talking about vfat in general, not
usbmount specifically.
I've never had a problem with vfat drives, but maybe this comment is
related to your problem?
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