Re: Misleading file transfer speed to USB flash drives

[Cosmin Saveanu <c saveanu laposte net>]

Nate Nielsen wrote:

> c saveanu laposte net wrote:
>  
>
> > In conclusion, the progress dialog should probably indicate
> > that the files are not immediately written on the disk. I
> > don't know what's the best solution for this problem but it is
> > really very, very annoying to see quick data transfer and in
> > fact not to really have it happen.
> >    
>
> When the file system is mounted with the sync option (as is done
> automatically by most distros) the progress dialog matches the actual
> data transfer.
>
>  
Thanks for the reply. Apparently writing to USB flash drives is still a 
problem on Linux (see for example 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-May/msg01859.html). I 
still believe that until a solution is found to this bug, the user 
should be warned in some way. It would help avoid unpleasant Linux 
experiences, especially for new users. I've sent a bug report to 
Ubuntu's bugzilla with a detailed description of the problem and 
proposed solutions (user's point of view): 
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18674.

Have a nice day,

Cosmin