Re: Hot-swap SATA and atacontrol

From: <sthaug_at_nethelp.no>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:32:25 +0200
> More seriously, I don't see the point in using sync(8) three times
> consecutively, except that's an indirect method to wait for the disk
> buffers to be flushed before powering down.  Please, correct me if I'm
> wrong.

Also, with softupdates you are *not* necessarily certain that all buffers
have been flushed after three sync's.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug_at_nethelp.no
Received on Wed Aug 03 2005 - 06:32:32 UTC

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