> On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 19:08:07 +0100 > Wilko Bulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is another common source of confusion: If anybody has IDE > > > disks, write-caching is enabled by default in -stable, but disabled > > > in -current. > > > > I don't think that is true anymore. -stable has WC enabled as well. > > -STABLE has it enabled indeed, but -CURRENT does not (afaik). > Read what he said. :-)
I believe that hw.ata.wc is set to '0' by default. Easily correctible either by adding 'hw.ata.wc="1"' into your /boot/loader.conf or tweaking the source in /usr/src/sys/dev/ata/ata-disk.c (the former being the preferred method of course). -Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
