From owner-freebsd-scsi Mon Oct 23 10:43: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from david.siemens.de (david.siemens.de [192.35.17.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 643CC37B479 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:42:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Envelope-Sender-Is: andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de (at relayer david.siemens.de) Received: from mail1.siemens.de (mail1.siemens.de [139.23.33.14]) by david.siemens.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e9NHgtu26551; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:42:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.42.7]) by mail1.siemens.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e9NHgt923940; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:42:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.11.1/8.11.1) id e9NHgtg68406; Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:42:55 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Graham Guttocks Cc: Andre Albsmeier , freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help disabling write caching upon bootup Message-ID: <20001023194255.B8582@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <20001023172907.69094.qmail@web10305.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001023172907.69094.qmail@web10305.mail.yahoo.com>; from graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 06:29:07AM +1300 X-Echelon: BND CIA NSA Mossad KGB MI6 IRA detonator nuclear assault strike Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 24-Oct-2000 at 06:29:07 +1300, Graham Guttocks wrote: > Andre Albsmeier wrote: > > > But this is a separate controller, not an onboard controller, right? > > The PC has 2 motherboard embedded controllers, an Adaptec AIC-7890 > (where my disks are attached), and a slower Adaptec AIC-7880. > > > In the first case you can flash your bios to version 2.57.2 from > > adaptec and set the write cache explicitely to disabled there... > > In my case I guess I'm out of luck then, eh? I see. For my Asus P2B-LS the bios update included a SCSI bios version (2.20) that got the feature. Maybe you should look on the motherboards manufacturers website if they got something newer.. -Andre > > Graham > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > http://clubs.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Clubs > - Join a club or build your own! -- FreeBSD: We eat penguins for breakfast To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message