Hi,

I understand that, whenever I write data to a any file system (be it on
floppy, HDD or USB storage), not all the data is written immediately and
in real-time, but some of it is scheduled for writing it later. That's
fine with HDDs, because you have them connected all the time.

But it's quite an annoyance with USB sticks, CF cards and the like,
because it slows down the unmounting process significantly. All of my
USB storage is formatted FAT16, so it's not the least bit journalling
(if that's got anything to do with it).

Does any of you know a way to disable data caching for /dev/sd*, maybe
some entry in /etc/fstab?

TIA,
~Mik

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