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From: taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Reordering GS/OS directories
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Date: 31 Jan 91 00:36:58 GMT
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From toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel):

> Since the FST's are assumed to be caching blocks whenever they can (the
> ProDOS FST does it to directory blocks a lot), it is a very bad idea to
> perform direct writes to blocks that an FST thinks it has a valid cache
> copy of.

    Is it not possible to purge or flush the GS/OS cache after a direct block
write of the boot disk?  That would force the directory information to be
reloaded from the disk, and nothing would be corrupted.

Brian T. Tao  {taob@pnet91.cts.com} ||  Computer guru?  Someone who got
University of Metro Toronto         ||  their computer a couple of weeks
Scarberia, ON, MIC 3A8         *B-) ||  before you did.  (Alvin Toffler)