From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 20:31:53 -0500 (EST)
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To: yeep <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: [opendos-developer] Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? 
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On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, yeep wrote:

> > > God I hate that..the BBSOD (Big Blue Screen Of Death) pops up and tells
> me
> > > to re-insert floppie 23AF-B78C.
> > 
> > Yeah, that would get really annoying if you ask me.  It would be
> > a much better solution to disable write caching on floppies.  I'd
> > much rather use a slow floppy, than trash it because I forgot to
> > manually flush the cache.
> 
> Slow floppy?
> Man, the only thing I do with them is copy from, or copy to.
> Where's the need for caching something like that?
> Copy to, ready, remove.
> Caching would make it even slower (I think)

Yes, that is my point.  Caching floppies doesn't really serve any
useful purpose at all.  99% of all floppy usage is just as you
state.  Do you know how to stop Linux from caching floppies?
Perhaps a mount switch?


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