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Re: [opensuse] Elevator Question
- From: David Brodbeck <gull@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:33:22 -0700
- Message-id: <4619DE32.8020604@xxxxxxx>
Bill Anderson wrote:
> I noticed that the default elevator applies to everything, including
> USB memory sticks. I thought the block device driver would change the
> I/O scheduler to something more appropriate for a memory stick, such
> as the noop scheduler.
While we're on the subject, I've also noticed that memory sticks are no
longer mounted with synchronous writes in 10.2. I very nearly found
this out the hard way, by losing data. I now make sure I issue a 'sync'
command before unplugging my memory stick.
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> I noticed that the default elevator applies to everything, including
> USB memory sticks. I thought the block device driver would change the
> I/O scheduler to something more appropriate for a memory stick, such
> as the noop scheduler.
While we're on the subject, I've also noticed that memory sticks are no
longer mounted with synchronous writes in 10.2. I very nearly found
this out the hard way, by losing data. I now make sure I issue a 'sync'
command before unplugging my memory stick.
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