Removable storage devices and sync

[Alan Cox]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 05:20:20PM +0200, Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
> Yes, I know that. But why the different handling for large and small
> devices? Should not all external devices be mounted sync? I can
> pull out an external hard disk just as easy as an USB stick.

The disk has a cache as well of up to 8Mb, so don't do it for disk. O_SYNC
won't save you. 8)