I have noticed this behaviour on at least one machine.
If I shutdown the machine with apm power off, the filesystem is dirty and
has to been checked on the next reboot. It seems, the power is cut too fast.
I don't have any problems with reboots.
It seems the drive doesn't have the time to write
probably the drive needs write-caching turned off...
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, D. Rock wrote:
I have noticed this behaviour on at least one machine.
If I shutdown the machine with apm power off, the filesystem is dirty and
has to been checked on the next reboot. It seems, the power is cut too
This is what I also thought. But how do I turn off write caching on IDE
disks. I know how to do on SCSI bit (mode page 8 byte 2 bit 2 clear), but
I have absolutely no clue how this can be achieved on IDE disks.
I normally turn off write caching on all drives I install. The drive shouldn't
shuffle
D. Rock wrote:
This is what I also thought. But how do I turn off write caching on IDE
disks. I know how to do on SCSI bit (mode page 8 byte 2 bit 2 clear), but
I have absolutely no clue how this can be achieved on IDE disks.
I normally turn off write caching on all drives I install. The
I have noticed this behaviour on at least one machine.
If I shutdown the machine with apm power off, the filesystem is dirty and
has to been checked on the next reboot. It seems, the power is cut too fast.
I don't have any problems with reboots.
It seems the drive doesn't have the time to
