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From: meekins@anaconda.cis.ohio-state.edu (timothy lee meekins)
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Subject: Re: RAMFast SCSI Question....
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Date: 19 Apr 91 01:41:12 GMT
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In article <9104190046.AA16634@carroll1.cc.edu> acct069@CARROLL1.CC.EDU (Ron) writes:
>
>I don't have a RAMFast SCSI card, but I have a question concerning it.
>
>I understand that it does background writes and reads while the computer
>is doing something else.  This is great for saving time, but what happens
>if I decide that I want to shut the system off.  How does one know if the
>RAMFast SCSI is done writing everything to disk?  I would hate to lose
>data that it had been saving in it's cache instead of on disk.
>

It begins to write the buffer right after returning control to the GS.
So, unless you're in the habit of turning off your GS within a second
of writing valuable data, you won't be in any trouble.



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