2007/2/1, Brian J. Tarricone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Alexandre Moreira wrote: > > > I don't own this kind of device (well, I do, but I hardly use it) but > > someone told me some time ago that this kind of action was not needed > > because of the write-through cache linux uses in this kind of device > > -- you would only need it to stop blinking to take it off, and it > > would be already synced. > > > > Is this correct ? > > No no no no noooooooo. > > First of all, as someone already mentioned, the cache strategy is > configuration-dependent. Secondly, if you just pull the device, the > filesystem will not get unmounted, which means it will need a fsck the > next time you insert it (or journal recovery, depending on the > filesystem). While this often isn't a big deal, it can be. If there > are changes to the FS's superblock, they may not get flushed to disk. > > Please, never advocate things that you don't understand, especially when > - -- as you admitted! -- if you're wrong, it can cause data loss. If it > really is true, likely someone else will know for sure.
This is exactly why I wasn't "advocating" anything, but asking for information. > > -brian > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFFwjPX6XyW6VEeAnsRA0/8AJ9gCvy3xv3E0wMcBMFiNVcAX7yDZQCeL+Mu > Moo4SFi7lLwjQpEoIXB+0ZA= > =BtoJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Thunar-dev mailing list > Thunar-dev@xfce.org > http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev > _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list Thunar-dev@xfce.org http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
