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An universal way how to flush disk cache? (Developers)

posted by Mpxplay, 12.11.2011, 01:24

> Hi,
> I updated my simple
> pwrdown utility to
> support latest intel chipset series 5x and 6x. I'd like also improve it to
> flush disk cache. Is there some universal way how to do it? Some DOS call?
> Or do I need exec(cachexxx /flush) for different cache types?

You can try (from Mpxplay):
AX=0d00h
INT21

It worked with MS-DOS 7 + Norton Cache at me (I don't remember to a smartdrv test)

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  • An universal way how to flush disk cache? - Mpxplay, 12.11.2011, 01:24