Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.6 "IDE cache-flush at shutdown fixes" | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Mon, 10 May 2004 22:28:37 +0200 |
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> I note the drive is the same model here too, Rene. > > The question remains however, is our data in danger?
You have a disk with an active write back cache but that doesn't support the flush-cache IDE command. That's obviously a bad combo ;) The other fixes in 2.6.6 ought to make it a bit less dangerous than before, eg the power off at shutdown WILL flush the cache.
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