On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Greg Freemyer wrote: > On 4/9/07, Adam Tauno Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I always get a desktop icon in KDE which has a Safe Remove option. > > > Hmm, I'll have to look for that. I hadn't noticed it. > > > > GNOME offers the same thing, right click -> eject > > > > You can't just yank removable media in any OS. > > In SUSE 10.0 and prior you could by default. ie. It was mounted in > sync mode. (no caching) > > But user complaints about how slow USB drives were caused Novell to > design a new FAT32 mode that is a comprise between "sync" mode and > normal cached mode. > > From the 2.6.19 readme: > === > FAT: Add "-o flush" mount option for fat for removable media devices > (USB flash-based memory devices, MP3 players). Mounting with -o flush > tells FAT to write things to disk as quickly as possible. It is like > -o sync, but much faster (and not as safe). Think of it like a fast > "async" mount (commit) > ===
Hey, that's pretty cool! Thanks for finding that. -- Carpe diem - Seize the day. Carp in denim - There's a fish in my pants! Jon Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
