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From: Jeremi Piotrowski <jeremi.piotrowski@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Copying USB->USB: sync after every file
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:53:19
Message-Id: 20170123165335.GA20646@gentoo-tp.home
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Copying USB->USB: sync after every file by Frank Steinmetzger
1 On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 04:50:33PM +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
2 >
3 > Can you give me a nudge? My sysctl.conf has only one active line besides
4 > some netfilter stuff:
5 > vm.swappiness = 1
6 > (This is an SSD, I don’t even have swap on this machine unless I know I
7 > definitely need it temporarily)
8 >
9
10 I'd say the relevant sysctl's are /proc/sys/vm/dirty* and
11 /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode, along with the filesystems and mount options you
12 are using for the USB drives. Please post these values. Also, could you
13 get the output of /proc/meminfo while this is happening?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Copying USB->USB: sync after every file Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>