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Subject: Re: last write to drive issued with write cache off?
To: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com (Chris Friesen)
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:15:47 +0000 (GMT)
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> "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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