From owner-freebsd-scsi Mon Oct 23 12:11:25 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 238F137B479 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:11:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Envelope-Sender-Is: andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de (at relayer david.siemens.de) Received: from mail2.siemens.de (mail2.siemens.de [139.25.208.11]) by david.siemens.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e9NJBGu11236; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:11:16 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.42.7]) by mail2.siemens.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e9NJBGr26657; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:11:16 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.11.1/8.11.1) id e9NJBGg72483; Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:11:15 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Graham Guttocks Cc: Andre Albsmeier , freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help disabling write caching upon bootup Message-ID: <20001023211115.A8861@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <20001023185755.62084.qmail@web10302.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: <20001023185755.62084.qmail@web10302.mail.yahoo.com>; from graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 07:57:55AM +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 07:57:55 +1300, Graham Guttocks wrote: > Andre Albsmeier wrote: > > > 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.. > > Before I look into that option, why is it preferred to disable the > write caching through the SCSI bios rather than in FreeBSD? Well, I thought you had problems doing it in a way the drive doesn't forget it. When the SCSI BIOS does it, it does it on every boot before FreeBSD is loaded. -Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message