I eject mine every time. Gimp is the only program that has this problem. I use Inkscape with it and it works fine.
--- On Wed, 1/7/09, Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog > To: "Jernej Simončič" <jernej.listso...@ena.si> > Cc: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 6:11 PM > 2009/1/7 Jernej Simončič <jernej.listso...@ena.si>: > > On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:19:03 +0100, Sven Neumann > wrote: > > > >> No, that is because your operating system of > choice sucks at file I/O. > >> Windows does not buffer access to flash and > network drives. > > > > It does this with removable drives because users > rarely bother to eject > > (unmount) them before unplugging them. You can enable > caching (which > > greatly improves performance), but then you have to > remember to eject the > > device before disconnecting it, or you risk filesystem > corruption. > > > > No, users rarely bother to eject (unmount) them before > unplugging them > because the OS works like this. If the OS said "bad > boy!" and lost > data _once_ then the users would stop. This is a case of > the OS > fostering bad habits by treating the users as idiots who > are unable to > learn something so simple as pressing an eject button > before > physically removing hardware. > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > > א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת > ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي > А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я > а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я > ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
