Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 19:27:19 +0200 From: "Nicolas" <list@rachinsky.de> To: "Nick Sayer" <nsayer@quack.kfu.com>, "Doug Russell" <drussell@saturn-tech.com> Cc: "stable" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: soft update should be default Message-ID: <003f01c0d588$a6d947e0$0364000a@rachinsky> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105050657050.94973-100000@beastie.saturn-tech.com> <3AF42ACD.5000500@quack.kfu.com>
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----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Nick Sayer" <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> To: "Doug Russell" <drussell@saturn-tech.com> Cc: "stable" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 6:31 PM Subject: Re: soft update should be default >=20 > That may be the original intent, but cheap IDE drives let you turn on=20 > write caching, and they're for sure not battery-backed (nor do they=20 > attempt to store enough power at power-off to write back the cache = with=20 > the remaining rotational latency or any such trickery). They lie about = it. >=20 > Write caching is evil unless you specifically know that it's being=20 > battery backed. 99.44% of the time, that's not the case. How can I disable it? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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