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Date:      Thu, 26 May 2005 19:43:39 +0200
From:      Bjoern Koenig <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Disable read/write caching to disk?
Message-ID:  <42960ACB.7090801@cs.tu-berlin.de>
In-Reply-To: <429606D9.6080602@cs.tu-berlin.de>
References:  <4295D51F.50106@centtech.com> <429606D9.6080602@cs.tu-berlin.de>

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Bjoern Koenig wrote:
> Eric Anderson wrote:
> 
>> Is it possible to disable all read and write caching to a disk?
> 
> You can disable write the cache by adding the line
> 
>   hw.ata.wc="0"

I assumed that you use ATA. If you use SCSI devices then read at least 
the manpages da(4) and camcontrol(8).

Björn





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