On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Paul D. DeRocco <pdero...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > From: Mantas Mikulenas [mailto:graw...@gmail.com] > > > > > I don't think there's any way to have something auto-unmount > > > > There certainly is - udev has been unmounting unplugged > > drives for many years. It's done by default. > > Sure, you can get it to unmount after you've removed it, but that's too > late if you haven't synced it. You have to do an explicit sync in advance > Well you said: > and unmounted when I unplug it. Are you asking the OS to be prescient? > to avoid data loss. The only alternative is to disable write buffering, > which makes things slow, and stresses the drive. > No, that's not the only alternative – making the OS flush data more often is another, e.g. as Windows does (every 2s), and AFAIK Linux has also started doing so somewhere in the 3.x series. -- Mantas Mikulėnas <graw...@gmail.com>
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