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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. -- Gael Le Mignot "Kilobug" - kilobug@nerim.net - http://kilobug.free.fr GSM : 06.71.47.18.22 (in France) ICQ UIN : 7299959 Fingerprint : 1F2C 9804 7505 79DF 95E6 7323 B66B F67B 7103 C5DA Member of HurdFr: http://hurdfr.org - The GNU Hurd: http://hurd.gnu.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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