Re: usb drive errors with automount
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>> 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.
I decided to stay with my current setup: manual mount/umount of usb hd or
pen drive. Maybe clunky, but safe. Thanks for the inputs.
Roby
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