Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:26:07 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>, "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> Subject: Re: hw.ata.wc && hw.ata.tags && softupdates short question Message-ID: <XFMail.20010921122607.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20010921035414.B75668@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On 21-Sep-2001 j mckitrick wrote: > | Doesn't harware write cache usually write itself to disk before power > | outage or even after? > > And wouldn't a laptop be safe with write caching? At least if I keep the > battery in? Sure, but it is still a risk <shrugs> Make backups often if you use WC :) Personally I'd backup my drive, enable WC, do a whole bunch of writes and then pull the power to see what the damage is like :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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