WHY !!! ?

[Reindl Harald]

Am 16.09.2013 13:04, schrieb Tim:
> Having said that, if I had the option, I'd configure things so that USB
> drives get flushed within moments of a save.  I used to turn off write
> buffering, where I had a choice.  It made things slower, though slightly
> safer.  But it was years ago since I played with that, and I don't
> recall the details of what I was doing it on, nor how.

http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount

sync
All I/O to the filesystem should be done synchronously.
In case of media with limited number of write cycles (e.g. some flash drives)
"sync" may cause life-cycle shortening.

> I wish that sort of thing was the default, as USB flash drives, or even
> USB-connected hard drives, are quite likely to get unplugged
> unceremoniously, whether accidentally, or by users not realising it's a
> bad thing to do.  

*no* read above!

> And external drives with power supplies have another
> point of failure - the power supplies being unplugged

the power supply of the PC can also be unplugged....

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