Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:00:39 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: bugghy <bugghy@home.ro> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: magic sysrq keys functionality Message-ID: <20040726190039.9A9935D08@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:53:02 -0000." <1090878779.715.18.camel@illusion.com>
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> From: bugghy <bugghy@home.ro> > Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:53:02 +0000 > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > > > So, what would be a convenient way to protect a 5.x release against > data loss / corruption in case of frequent powerfaillures. (a software > method) Turn off write-cache on the disks. hw.ata.wc="0" in /boot/loader.conf (But be prepared to suffer the consequences to disk performance.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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