Dave,
Could you not create a raw device and install a filesystem on it for your data? Access to the raw device would bypass the Linux cache.
Regards Jeff -- Jeffrey C Barnard Barnard Software, Inc. http://www.bsiopti.com Phone 407-323-4773 Fax 407-323-4775
---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390