Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:50:24 -0800 (PST) | | From | Andre Hedrick <> | | Subject | Re: last write to drive issued with write cache off? |
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Bernd Schmidt wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > "To prevent loss of customer data, it is recommended that the last write access > > > before power off be issued after setting the write cache off." > > > > Standard 2.4 doesn't do this. 2.4.19-ac issues cache flushes. > > Is this what's been causing my harddrives to make funny noises on shutdown > recently?
Your so called funny noise is the process of flushing cache and putting your drive to sleep in a spin down. It only happens if you are going to shutdown thw system. If you are warm booting or rebooting you only get a flush cache.
Cheers,
Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group
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