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That is correct. There currently is no way to disable the read cache. ------------------------------------------------- Curtis E. Stevens 20511 Lake Forest Drive #C-214D Lake Forest, California 92630 Phone: 949-672-7933 Cell: 949-307-5050 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hale Landis Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [t13] Read Look Ahead This message is from the T13 list server. Curtis Stevens wrote: > This message is from the T13 list server. > Hale > I have to disagree with you. I do not have any recollection of read > ahead controlling read cache. To the best of my knowledge, this disables > look ahead in WD drives but has no effect on read cache. Quite frankly I > was shocked to hear that someone was actually interpreting the function as a > cache disable. No ATA rev has even hinted that this was a cache disable... So both you and Mark are saying there is no documented way to disable read caching in an ATA drive? It is only possible to disable the "read look ahead" part of some more complex "read caching" algorithm? Hale -- ++ Hale Landis ++ www.ata-atapi.com ++
