From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 02/08/2024 15:03, Björn Lundin wrote:   
   > On 2024-08-02 14:51, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >   
   >> Never mind sync.   
   >>   
   >> It's important to wait anyway on an SSD/nvm until it has finished its   
   >> internal business.   
   >>   
   >> For any copy process.   
   >   
   >   
   > dd'ing 500 Gb to an ssd disk, I've seen sync taking 30 s or more   
   > and sync is of course started AFTER dd is done   
   >   
   > So - how do you know it is done its internal business?   
   > Not all drives have blinking LEDs   
   >   
   > sync makes it easy to know   
   >   
   >   
   Even sync may not be enough.   
   SSDS/NVM have their own internal  caching.   
      
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