On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 02:06:37AM -0800, Luis Freitas wrote: > It is not using o_direct only if the coreutils package was not installed > on the RH3.0 machine. (coreutils-4.5.3-41.i386.rpm ). > > http://oss.oracle.com/projects/coreutils/files/ > > If it is installed, then both tests are using O_DIRECT, and can be > compared.
You have to specify o_direct parameters to get O_DIRECT. Otherwise, it still stays buffered. And you did not list o_direct parameters on your dd(1) command line. Joel -- Life's Little Instruction Book #337 "Reread your favorite book." Joel Becker Principal Software Developer Oracle E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (650) 506-8127 _______________________________________________ Ocfs2-users mailing list Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users