mem sticks: how to force sync mounts?

[Dexter Filmore]

On Monday 16 July 2007 19:00:54 Nils Kassube wrote:
> Dexter Filmore wrote:
> > Feisty won't mount usb mem sticks, cards in card readers and such with
> > sync, so if I copy 200 megs of mp3 over to my player the dialog stays a
> > second and then claims to be finished, which of course isn't the case -
> > buffers are full and waiting to be written.
> > Where would be the place to tell Feisty to mount certain devices with
> > the sync option?
>
> You definitely don't want to use the sync option for a flash drive (like
> USB memory stick or MP3 player) with a FAT file system:
>
> http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/22/111748.html
>
> Instead you should umount the drive before you remove it.

That article is 2 years old. That's a lot. Level wear to the rescue. I know 
FAT hammers flash like nothing else, but still.
Well, at least I'd like an applet or systray icon for that, can't see any tho. 
3rd party? 

Dex


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