[ale] USB->IDE problems

[Chris Fowler]

There may be some corruption of the file in vfat.  But that is not
really of a concern.  I can recover from that in my code.


On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 20:59, Geoffrey wrote:
> Chris Fowler wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 18:12, Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> >>Chris Fowler wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 17:46, Geoffrey wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>sync
> >>>>umount
> >>>>disconnect...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Impossible.  I can not rely on a user doing the right thing.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Ah, I missed the user thing.  I thought it was for your personal use. 
> >>In that case, you're screwed unless you can lock the cable down.  Seriously.
> > 
> > 
> > You're right.  I'm screwed with the setup as is.  I can write code to
> > rectify the logging to flash issue and unplug/plug problem.  I'm just
> > trying to determin which FS will play nice.  VFAT is my only choice.
> 
> So you're saying that on a windows box, you can take this same drive and 
> yank the usb out?  What if you were writing to it at the time? 
> Certainly there would be some corruption?
> 
> Your best bet is going to be to have some device that requires an eject 
> command/button to release, like a zip or something.
> 
> Post your solution if you come up with one that works?