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guys i was once told that after i create a new partition, i should also make use of sync.. i found very few info on google. . .cn somebody explain ...
- 12-14-2005 #1Linux Newbie
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what is SYNC? ? ?
guys i was once told that after i create a new partition, i should also make use of sync.. i found very few info on google. . .cn somebody explain to me wat does SYNC do? ? thanks
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- 12-14-2005 #2Just Joined!
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Flushes the buffers so that the disk has a fully up-to-date version of any changes made to it.
- 12-14-2005 #3Linux Newbie
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so considering i have created the new partition USING CFDISK.. when and where i would type sync? ?
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- 12-14-2005 #4Linux Enthusiast
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sync just forces the file system buffers to flush. it should be synced automatically every n seconds (depends on FS and configs I'd guess) and on umounting.
So, simle answer, when you need to make sure that all disk writes are commited - eg, before doing something that possibly could crash the kernel (like forcefully unloading kernel modules).Regards Scienitca (registered user #335819 - http://counter.li.org )
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- 12-16-2005 #5Linux Enthusiast
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You could specify it in /etc/fstab as an filesystem option. Very handy for floppy drives and usbsticks which can be ejected/pulled of unexpectedly.
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