Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 18:33:38 -0600 (MDT) From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: soft update should be default Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105051831050.95873-100000@beastie.saturn-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <200105052242.f45MgBc24741@ptavv.es.net>
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On Sat, 5 May 2001, Kevin Oberman wrote: > An obvious exception is the laptop. I always turn on write cache on my > laptop as I know that it has a LONG battery backup. For a worst-case > type of operation (dd), I get 4x faster writes with write-cache > enabled on my laptop. Unless you are running on battery power and accidentally remove the battery, or forget about the machine while running without APM enabled or something. :) WCE very dangerous. WCE very dangerous. WCE very dangerous. Perhaps people should have to type that a few times before enabling. :) Maybe NO FUTURE... :) Later...... <Doug> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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