Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 03:54:14 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hw.ata.wc && hw.ata.tags && softupdates short question Message-ID: <20010921035414.B75668@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20010920215107.B78811@leviathan.inethouston.net>; from dwcjr@inethouston.net on Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:51:07PM -0500 References: <20010920211704.C7820@gateway.bogus> <XFMail.20010921121832.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20010920215107.B78811@leviathan.inethouston.net>
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On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:51:07PM -0500, David W. Chapman Jr. wrote: | On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:18:32PM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: | > | > On 20-Sep-2001 Nuno Teixeira wrote: | > > For what I heard, I concluded that we shouldn't use softupdates with write | > > cache turned on. The first time that I tried this I loose a lot of work | > > due to a power failure. | > | > You shouldn't use write caching, period. | > | > Well you can but if you lose power you WILL lose data. | > | Doesn't harware write cache usually write itself to disk before power | outage or even after? And wouldn't a laptop be safe with write caching? At least if I keep the battery in? jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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