Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.7 (future kernel) wish | From | (Gaël Le Mignot) | Date | Sun, 28 Dec 2003 12:23:56 +0100 |
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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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