In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Many times i've observed that the cache sync to the usb pen drive > happens *after* the disk icon has disappeared from Gnome desktop, in > particular with FAT32 filesystem (seems that cache flush are much more > fast on FAT16).
This is especially bad with USB harddisks, those tend to buffer the data quite long before writing it out. > For safety now i use to: > - unmount the disk right-clicking on it; You can however simply use the umount in terminal window in the first place :) Gruss Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
