Re: umount without sync
T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com> writes:
> I saw that it is a common practice to issue sync several times before
> umount. I know it's a good practice, but is it really necessary?
There have been some bugs afaik and a sync has been a workaround.
> If I copy a big chuck of file to my USB, then issue umount immediately,
> will I lost any data? I think Linux will make sure all data are flushed
> to USB before the umount is successfully finished, but I want a confirm.
You should not lose any data if you wait for umount to succeed afaik.
> How about umount swaps? umount really necessary?
You don't mount swaps so you can't umount them either.
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