From:	eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: The faq and SmartDrv
Date:	20 Mar 2001 08:05:49 GMT
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Kushal Kumaran (kushal_kumaran AT yahoo DOT com) wrote:
: In the FAQ, section 3, question 9, How to configure your system for
: DJGPP, the switches to
: enable the 'delayed-write' feature in SmartDrv are given to be '/N/F'.
: Does this mean that
: the command has to be
: smartdrv /n/f
: ?
: If yes, then it is strange. Here's what 'smartdrv /?' has to say :-

: /X            Disables write-caching for all drives
: .
: .
: .
: /F            Writes cached data before command prompt returns
: (default).
: /N            Doesn't write cached data before command prompt returns.
: .
: The /N/F switches should not work together, should they?

I don't know.

: By the way, it is rather strange that no one else saw this before.
: Shows how many people
: actually read the FAQ. :-)

Yes. But the information is dependent on how many people give
feedback. I guess that's where the failure is. I read the FAQ, you
read the FAQ, everybody _should_ read the FAQ.


Right,

						MartinS

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