Mario Berger wrote:

> 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
>

I don't think this is possible. You can umount your USB sticks before
removing it; then there will be no problems.

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