As an addendum, you can force Linux to sync all mounted devices, via the
'sync' command. I think Linux auto-sync's every 5 seconds, so if you pop of
the floppy during the 5 seconds after the copy command has finished and
before Linux sync's the physical disk, you'll end up with nothing on the
physical disk.
Oh yes, root will need to issue the 'sync' command - I don't think ordinary
users can perform it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Jennings [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 2:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Copying Files to Floppy
This is also the reason why Unix systems do not like sudden power
downs. The
discs may be out of 'sync' and you get problems next time you boot.
For that
reason you should nowdays be using one of the Journalling file
systems such
as Ext3, XFS, or ReiserFS.
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