Re: 2.7 (future kernel) wish

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Jim Crilly wrote:

> 'safely' removed. I also believe Windows mounts any removable device 
> synchronously so that if you do pull it out prematurely the damage done 
> is limited.

Nope, when I put stuff onto a CF card via CF-to-USB adapter Windows 
still buffers writes to the media while the user interface goes on about 
its business. The only media that I've ever seen Windows use 
synchronously is old-style floppy disks.

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