Hi Curt, Caching and I/O scheduling give performance benefits which is why they're used with most media. As I understand it you're wondering if it is possible to disable write caching in Windows? The answer to that is yes.
Here's an old support article that describes how: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259716 If you do a google search you'll find it works similarly for XP. >From Kernel 2.6 onwards udev (http://wiki.debian.org/udev) is the dynamic >device manager. But despite searching for a while I've not figured out how to control the rules for mounting the devices. However, fstab entry "sync" or "async" controls what happens: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html Sincerely, Kailash > From: howl...@priss.com > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Unmounting/Ejecting removable media > Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 22:47:01 -0400 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Dear Debian Users, > > I was contemplating today the fact that I know several people who have > scrambled various removable disks and thumb drives by failing > to "unmount" or "eject" before removing them. > > Mostly this has happened in Windows, not because there isn't > an "eject" feature, but through ignorance or accident. > > This happens, I am told, because of unwritten buffers which are > emptied only when the device is unmounted or ejected. > > Why? > > Removable media are already a class unto themselves, so why aren't > they marked something like "sync immediately"? It's not like a USB > drive is being used as multiple fast file accesses, benefiting from > buffering in RAM. These are repositories, places where whole files > are written or read and then the media removed. > > It seems logical to me that there would be a way to say "sync > immediately" or "do not buffer", so that when the drive was inactive > it could be yanked without danger of corruption. > > Any suggestions? > > Curt- > > > > - -- > The Magistrate, enrobed in taxes, condemns the thief in stolen rags. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > > iFcDBQFRjbEltk9X6NaR4akRCPTtAQCxZtevVNERTGWxSnThiZyUwDYyI3pVniiA > tzmnWu3LNQD9F+6uyO8szP3eFiUqTpQMTbaeWJhwsHM+fZyqLHwfaRc= > =YiRT > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201305102247.06301.howl...@priss.com >
