Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1"......

2001-07-25 Thread Freddie Cash
On July 24, 2001 09:08 am, you wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 08:53:02AM -0700, Mike Hoskins wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Jason Andresen wrote: > > > A sysinstall prompt would be nice though. An even nicer option > > > would be a little menu on the diskLabel part of the install that > > > as

Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1"......

2001-07-24 Thread Chan Tur Wei
Hi, You can't search, but you can browse... Regards -T.W.Chan- On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Gregory Bond wrote: > Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 09:12:18 +1000 > From: Gregory Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jordan Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sub

Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1"......

2001-07-24 Thread Mike Hoskins
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > What ridiculous, unsubstantiated flame-bait. Call it lack of coffee and a bad hangover. After reading your post, the issue becomes clearer. To be honest, I immediately assumed an argumentative stance because the (most recent) thread was started with

Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1"......

2001-07-24 Thread Jordan Hubbard
From: Mike Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1".. Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:53:02 -0700 (PDT) > Unfortuneately then, the reason I chose FreeBSD (server-tuned OS) so > many years ago is no longer valid. Of course, I knew this w

Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1"......

2001-07-24 Thread Neil Blakey-Milner
On Tue 2001-07-24 (12:14), Mixtim wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 08:12:58AM -0700, Mike Hoskins wrote: > > Hmm. I hope the response to recent performance tests was /not/ to make a > > potentially unsafe option 'default'. > > Its only unsafe if you lose power. I think that anyone running a > "s

Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1"......

2001-07-24 Thread Jordan Hubbard
- Jordan From: Mike Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1".. Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:12:58 -0700 (PDT) > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > to take. Yes, writes will be faster with write caching enabled. However, > &

Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1"......

2001-07-24 Thread Mike Hoskins
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Shawn Workman wrote: > > Its only unsafe if you lose power. I think that anyone running a > > "server" without a UPS deserves to lose data. First, there's an infinite number of variables that can lead to power loss. Think about it. > Especially the ones without recent back