Messages in this thread | | | From | "Kevin Krieser" <> | Subject | RE: 2.7 (future kernel) wish | Date | Sun, 28 Dec 2003 05:17:11 -0600 |
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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.
-----Original Message----- From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Kevin P. Fleming Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 9:08 PM To: Jim Crilly Cc: Joshua Schmidlkofer; David B. Stevens; Helge Hafting; Jos Hulzink; Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.7 (future kernel) wish
Jim Crilly wrote:
> 'safely' removed. I also believe Windows mounts any removable device > synchronously so that if you do pull it out prematurely the damage done > is limited.
Nope, when I put stuff onto a CF card via CF-to-USB adapter Windows still buffers writes to the media while the user interface goes on about
its business. The only media that I've ever seen Windows use synchronously is old-style floppy disks.
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