[TRLog] minimum need

Pete Smith n4zr@contesting.com
Mon, 04 Dec 2000 15:59:13 -0500


At 01:12 PM 12/4/00 -0600, D. R. Evans wrote:
>I know that Dave is a fan of this particular configuration; but I would 
>caution you that, if you follow his advice, you do so at your own risk. I 
>have personal knowledge of someone who turned on write-behind cacheing 
>under DOS and rendered their drive a meaningless jumble of bytes. 
>
>OTOH, I am sure that there are dozens of people on this reflector who, like 
>Dave, use this command and have never had any problem with it.


For a really evil combination, try write-behind caching and
Doublespace/Drivespace, which makes the entire drive into, essentially, one
big file.  Then add a power failure...

73, Pete N4ZR

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