-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
Neef wrote: > Your Documentation on mounting the ipod through the /etc/fstab file uses > the sync switch. > > /dev/sda2 /mnt/ipod vfat defaults,user,noauto,sync,umask=000 > > > Removing ;sync' from the line in fstab makes the transfer *much* quicker. > HOWEVER > After tranferring files and running mktunes you also need to run 'sync' > to synchronise/update the file systems. > So this process now goes thusly ; Using async instead of sync in fstab seems to be an even better solution. Transfers are fast, and there is no need to invoke sync before umount. See if it works for you with: /dev/sda2 /mnt/ipod vfat defaults,user,noauto,async,umask=000 Benoît -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF0DOSy0EwBJvkHIMRAvGkAJ9ZkpiAR3DNYP+rQXUCExkTDgPtqQCghGMG tzwGD4tN2kWoamEs4xyt7NM= =nxBK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-gnupod mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnupod
