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- From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: WARNING !!!!! MS WINDOWS 3.1 SmartDrive Problem
- Message-ID: <5635@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 13:51:40 GMT
- References: <1992Aug14.141659.328@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
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- In article <1992Aug14.141659.328@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
- cctr132@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Nick FitzGerald, CSC, Uni. of
- Canterbury, NZ) writes:
- > I agree it's not a bug - some may disagree that it's not a problem.
- To
- > make write-behind caching the -default- and --NOT-- clearly explain
- this
- > to users - many of whom will have no concept of what disk caching
- is,
- > let alone the potential problems of write-behind caching - is
- bordering
- > on negligent, IMHO.
-
- I thought they had explained it. I think it is in the readme
- file and is certainly in the manual. I knew it from the first
- time I installed Windows 3.1, and I didn't go out of my way
- looking for the info.
-
-
- --
- Jim Mann
- Stratus Computer jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
-