From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 23:56:30 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: yeep cc: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" Subject: Re: [opendos] Re: [opendos-developer] Caching In-Reply-To: <199702150017.BAA12635@magigimmix.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, yeep wrote: > > for it before doing anything else. What? In a multitasking OS? > > Heck, any commands that don't give me my prompt back get shoved > > in the background, so that copy command becomes: > > > > $cp txt/* /a/ & > > > > And the prompt is back. > > Yes, but in the text above I said that in Linux (or any other MultiTasking > enviroment for that matter) it's ready when the process ends in stead of > when the prompt is back. > You could have the shell give a message like: "/dev/fd0 can now be removed > safely". > So unless you see that message, do not remove the disk. Sorry for replying twice, I thought of something else. You say that I could have the shell give me a message like: "/dev/fd0 can now be removed...". Why not just let the disk led do that? That is what the disk LED used to mean before drive caching ruined it all. I think that the light should STAY on if the disk is being write cached. Also, you say that in Linux(or other) that it is ready when the process ends, however this is not true. I just copied stuff to my currently mounted floppy. I watched "cp" with "top" until the process was finished. I got my prompt back and removed the disk. That disk now needs to be reformatted because the cache is NOT sync'd before the prompt returns. Even if the cache was sync'd before the prompt returns in BASH, it won't help me if I'm using Midnight commander or something else to copy to the disk. Since caching a floppy is TOTALLY USELESS to me on my system, and just causes lost disks, I wish I could do away completely with it. I hope that OpenDOS will also allow this option too. Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Close windows, and OpenDOS! http://www.caldera.com/dos/dos.htm