Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:39:37 -0400 (EDT) | From | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <> | Subject | Re: Strange /dev/loop behavior |
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi! > > > > Is there any known method of copying/compressing the loopback-mounted file- > > > system that always guarantees consistency after a sync, without requiring the > > > fs to be unmounted first? > > > > Try mounting the loop device synchronously (mount ... -o sync). > > That should not be needed. All data should be on disk by time umount > succeeds. That's not currently the case, and that's a bug.
The message reads as though he wants the data to be on-disk without requiring a umount.
-- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>
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