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Re: usb drive errors with automount



> On 11/17/06, Roby <ElectricalSciences@adelphia.net> wrote:
> >Seems like doing an umount after/during unplug would lead to data loss
> >if the device had been written to recently.  How do buffers get flushed?

No. It's the unplugging device without unpluggins/syncing, what causes data
loss.

On 17.11.06 22:18, Jason Dunsmore wrote:
> Seems like it'd just have to mount it with the "sync" or "async" option.

According to man page, it does not work for vfat, which is I think the most
used FS on USB disks.
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