Allegedly, on or about 16 September 2013, Reindl Harald sent: > 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! Well, I can see that's sensible for how some people use their flash drives. But I don't use them that way. Knowing that they have a limited life, my use tends to be write a bunch of files to a drive that I want on it, and leave it alone. I don't really work on the files on the drive, I don't do much in the way of deleting files on it. >> 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.... Though such cables tend to be tougher to remove, than some of the power cables with USB hard drives. Such as micro 4-pin DIN connectors, with thick cables. Or boxy plugpacks that go straight into the mains outlet, but are probably badly squeezed between things in a multi-way powerboard. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
