Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 19:10:45 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: Graham Guttocks <graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help disabling write caching upon bootup Message-ID: <20001022191045.A82631@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <20001023005456.72831.qmail@web10304.mail.yahoo.com>; from graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 01:54:56PM %2B1300 References: <20001023005456.72831.qmail@web10304.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 13:54:56 +1300, Graham Guttocks wrote: > "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> wrote: > > > You probably need to add "-P 3" to the command line options above, to make > > sure you're editing the saved parameters and not just the current mode page > > parameters. > > Yes, that seemed to stick, thanks mate. > > > Even though disabling write caching fixes the problem, you may want to talk > > to Seagate about getting updated firmware for your drives. > > This was my first course of action, but for the life of me I couldn't > locate firmware updates for any SCSI disks on seagate's website. Seagate (and IBM, FWIW) don't distribute firmware on their websites. You have to talk to their tech support folks to get it. Quantum does distribute firmware online, though. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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