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Kakalaky
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 Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject: disable write-cache |
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| Anybody know how to disable write-cache (in particular for a usb flash drive)? |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Kakalaky,
Mount it with the sync option. Thats or add sync to the options field in /etc/fstab
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Kakalaky
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the usb drive is automounting, so it's not in /etc/fstab and I don't have to manually mount it to use the sync option. Thanks anyway though.
Edit: I'm using Gnome 2.14 |
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