Re: last write to drive issued with write cache off?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:15:47 +0000 (GMT)


> "To prevent loss of customer data, it is recommended that the last write access
> before power off be issued after setting the write cache off."

Standard 2.4 doesn't do this. 2.4.19-ac issues cache flushes.

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