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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Subject: Re: SATA hotswap and write caches
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:24:38 -0400
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To: Michel Lespinasse <walken@zoy.org>
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Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> * Is there anything one needs to know before hot-removing a drive ?

Make sure all data is flushed to the drive before removing it.


> * Does the kernel issue such cache flushing commands when executing
>   sync() or umount() operations ?

No.  (it should, IMO...)

	Jeff