Comments on: studies, USB mounts http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/29/studies-usb-mounts/ Just another GNOME Blogs weblog Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:15:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ed Mack http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/29/studies-usb-mounts/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Ed Mack Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/29/studies-usb-mounts/#comment-88 Although far fetched, if the device icon showed when it was busy copying stuff (mini progress bar, red blinkenlights ect..) the user would hopefully be a lot more aware that copying was happening, and be cautious about removing it. At the moment device unmounting seems like a pointless task with no motive behind it to most users. Although far fetched, if the device icon showed when it was busy copying stuff (mini progress bar, red blinkenlights ect..) the user would hopefully be a lot more aware that copying was happening, and be cautious about removing it. At the moment device unmounting seems like a pointless task with no motive behind it to most users.

]]> By: Alan Pater http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/29/studies-usb-mounts/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Alan Pater Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/29/studies-usb-mounts/#comment-89 I ran into a similiar problem a few years ago with floppy disquetes. <p/>We were runing an Internet Cafe with all the PC's running linux. Client's eject the disquete on a whim and (correctly) expect all their data to be intact. A solution may be to not use async. That seems to be the way the ms windows dealt with the problem, anyway. I ran into a similiar problem a few years ago with floppy disquetes.

We were runing an Internet Cafe with all the PC’s running linux. Client’s eject the disquete on a whim and (correctly) expect all their data to be intact. A solution may be to not use async. That seems to be the way the ms windows dealt with the problem, anyway.

]]> By: Stephane Chauveau http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/29/studies-usb-mounts/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Stephane Chauveau Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/29/studies-usb-mounts/#comment-90 The real problem is when the device is mounted without the sync option (because sync is bad for performance and reduces the life of the usb memory). Last Chrismas, I got a small usb key with a red led indicating the activity. I was chocked to discover that after copying about 100MB, the key was still syncing for about 5m (5 MINUTES) after it was reported unmounted by the mount applet.<p/> <br/> The real problem is when the device is mounted without the sync option (because sync is bad for performance and reduces the life of the usb memory). Last Chrismas, I got a small usb key with a red led indicating the activity. I was chocked to discover that after copying about 100MB, the key was still syncing for about 5m (5 MINUTES) after it was reported unmounted by the mount applet.

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