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SubjectRe: 2.7 (future kernel) wish
From(Gaël_Le_Mignot)
DateSun, 28 Dec 2003 12:23:56 +0100
Hello Kevin!

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 05:17:11 -0600, you wrote: 

 > XP came with an option that I've seen on USB hard drives where it won't
 > cache writes by default.  It is in Device Manager, and called Optimize
 > for quick removal.  You can also enable write caching, which requires
 > the use of the Safe Removal icon.

 > I don't recall 2000 having this option.

 > With Linux, I'm just ingrained to umount first.

Or with  Linux, you can  use the "sync"  mount option (or  dirsync) to
force direct write of data.

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