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Old 02-15-2012, 12:53 AM   #1
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How to use a pendrive without typing "sync" all the time?

When I copy files to a USB drive, I have to type "sync", whereupon it completes the writes, I would like to turn this behaviour off, so that when the GUI shows all the files are there on the drive, they've actually BEEN copied, and I can unplug the drive.

How do I do this?



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Create an fstab entry for the device (by UUID), and add "sync" to the options.

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html
 
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what's "UUID"?
 
Old 02-15-2012, 02:18 PM   #4
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It should sync when you unmount it.
 
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I don't *want* to unmount it, I want to just pull it out as and when I feel like.
 
Old 02-16-2012, 02:33 AM   #6
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Depending on your distro and/or GUI, and just like other OS, you have the option for ejecting the drive in a safe way.

If you want to ignore this and the above advice, it's up to you if you want to take the risk to corrupt the data on the drive.
 
  


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