Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:53:12 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> To: "Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disabling write-behind on IDE drives, and SMART Message-ID: <41F0B4E8.9090507@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <20050120213906.GC67721@decibel.org>
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Jim C. Nasby wrote: > Question one: how do I disable write caching on IDE drives? I know the > setting is hw.ata.wc=0, but where do I put that? In loader.conf? This is > FreeBSD 4.10, btw. > In /boot/loader.conf will do it. > Also, has any thought been given to making the default 0, like it is for > SCSI devices? I'm honestly surprised and disappointed that the default > is speed over data integrity. I think it was trialled in 4.3 then changed for 4.4 (according to the handbook, the performance hit was considered to be too high) best wishes Markhome | help
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