buffers not syncing correctly during shutdown

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

"Mario Lobo" <mlobo at digiart.art.br> writes:
> That IS true ! but like you said, "most cases" <> "all cases". Once, on a
> company I was doing work at, I clicked on "Safely Remove Hardware" and it
> said "can´t do it. device busy", although there was (apparently) nothing
> using any files from the stick. I yanked it out anyway. result: the 3
> files I edited from the stick were gone :(. Since I don´t know when I am
> gonna hit a case that doesn´t belong to "most", I always try to remember
> to unmount (i.e. Safely Remove Hardware) the stick before unplugging it.

Always a good idea - but my point was that Windows's "safely remove
hardware" feature should not be construed as an excuse for FreeBSD to
hang or crash when you remove a disk or memory stick.

DES
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