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Disable sync flag when mounting an External HDD to your raspberry pi (xBian)
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sudo vi /etc/usbnount/usbmount.conf
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MOUNTOPTIONS="sync,noexec,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,rw"
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remove sync flag and save the file
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then:
sudo umount -l /media/usbx
sudo mount -tntfs -onoexec,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,rw,gid=xbian,uid=xbian,umask=0 /dev/sddx /media/usbx
Write speed increased from 300kb/s to 1,2mb/s after removing the flag
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