Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:26:48 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Michael Neuffer <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.0 wishlist |
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On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> > One of the things wished for EXT2 is extra robustness, > > which can be achieved with writing the meta-data, and > > data in correct sequential order to the disk. > > Nope. A modern caching IDE drive will not always honour the physical write order > you give it blocks.
Neither will a caching SCSI controller.
Mike
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