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minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoUnless I’m mistaken, that’s what the “eject disk” command does—just flushes the buffers to the drive and unmounts.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 days ago just flushes the buffers to the drive and unmounts. Which can take several minutes.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoThat’s why it’s better to have tiny buffers.
minus-squareHereIAm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThat is subjective. Tiny will also mean slower. For stable systems large buffers can be an acceptable risk.
Unless I’m mistaken, that’s what the “eject disk” command does—just flushes the buffers to the drive and unmounts.
Which can take several minutes.
Oh yah
That’s why it’s better to have tiny buffers.
That is subjective. Tiny will also mean slower. For stable systems large buffers can be an acceptable risk.