Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:32:12 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RE: hw.ata.wc && hw.ata.tags && softupdates short question Message-ID: <20010921183212.A81649@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <200109211726.f8LHQ3h70907@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:26:03AM -0700 References: <XFMail.20010921121832.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200109210329.f8L3TGR30860@ptavv.es.net> <20010920211704.C7820@gateway.bogus> <15274.48864.994229.51687@guru.mired.org> <200109210549.f8L5n6r67664@earth.backplane.com> <20010921122805.A78591@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200109211726.f8LHQ3h70907@earth.backplane.com>
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On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:26:03AM -0700, Matt Dillon wrote: | | :So, to boil everything down, I have 1 question: | : | :On a workstation LAPTOP (IDE, low load, etc), does it make more sense to use | :softupdates, write caching, or both? | : | :jm | | Write caching is turned on by default in 4.4, so all you need to mess | with is softupdates. In a laptop environment, softupdates will not But you *could* choose one or the other, but not both, correct? jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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