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SubjectRe: last write to drive issued with write cache off?
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?


Bernd

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