Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:02:38 -0300 (BRT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.6 IDE 19 |
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > And apparently we see that there is nothing special about them... Just don't > > enable the write cache and all should be well with a timeout of 30 seconds. > > Quite a few controllers enable the write cache in their bootstrap before > the OS gets involved. > Just "don't enable" is not an option.
I've heard some talk about drives that turn it on automatically when they get "too busy".
regards,
Rik -- <insert bitkeeper endorsement here>
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