[LUNI] Does sync after umount do any good?

[Martin Maney]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 04:02:23PM -0500, Mark E. Matula wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Seva Epsteyn wrote:
> > This whole thread is kind of odd, if the data is that important and you are 
> > not worried about performance, just mount the filesystem -o sync.
> 
> And perhaps look into getting a UPS.

Well, no.  If you don't have a UPS - and you can get a cheap one that
will at least protect you from the common glitches and probably give
you enough time for a hurried shutdown when it's more than a glitch for
under $50 - then a priori you don't value the data very highly.  :-(

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