diff -p -up gnome-volume-manager-2.24.0/src/manager.c.nosync gnome-volume-manager-2.24.0/src/manager.c
--- gnome-volume-manager-2.24.0/src/manager.c.nosync	2008-12-24 11:36:36.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-volume-manager-2.24.0/src/manager.c	2008-12-24 11:39:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -2347,13 +2347,13 @@ gvm_device_mount (const char *udi, gbool
 				 */
 				if (opts & MOUNT_FLUSH) {
 					g_ptr_array_add (options, "flush");
-				} else if (opts & MOUNT_SYNC) {
+				} /*else if (opts & MOUNT_SYNC) {
 					dbus_uint64_t size;
 					
 					size = libhal_device_get_property_uint64 (hal_ctx, udi, "volume.size", NULL);
 					if (size <= (512 * 1024 * 1024))
 						g_ptr_array_add (options, "sync");
-				}
+				}*/
 				
 				if (opts & MOUNT_FMASK) {
 					mask = umask (0);