RE: [Utopia] Removable devices and write-caching

[joturner <joturner vt edu>]

>===== Original Message From jsk29 cornell edu =====
>I've got a quick suggestion for removable devices, but it will
>be a challenge to implement well:
>
>Write-cache, but if a device is yanked out while there is data
>in the cache, alert the user.  The user can choose to reinstall
>the device or throw away the data in the cache.
>
>Later,
>John
>_______________________________________________


Would it be so bad to just inform the user when saving to the device not to 
remove it?  Like video games when they write to a save cartridge, for example.
 That way they won't remove it, and the write doesn't need to be cached.

Not that it'd have to take over everything, maybe the message is an 
information box and goes away when the copy finishes, a la Firefox on Windows.

Jonathan