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Re: [MiNT] MiNTLib 0.52.3b

Hi!

> > In MiNT, we currently have the problem that mediachanges are often
> > missed, and that having a wb-cache on a removable drive is plain
> > dangerous.
> 
> Indeed, but then I never enable wb on removables, until we have
> device-locking.

If it's possible to lock through XHDI the buffer cache lock a device if
there are dirty sectors in the cache.

Floppies you can never lock.


Tschuess
   ...Frank

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