This one is only to correct a BIG typo: "eclectic power" should be "electric power" (spelling checker + sleeping writer..)
Sorry about that. Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Wednesday 05 July 2006 12:43, Daniel wrote: > >> You could also disable all write caching by issuing the command: >> >> hdparm -W0 /dev/<your-physical-disk-name> >> > > emm, no, > > That only deactivates the on-disk cache and has nothing to do with the kernel > caches&buffers. In fact, it has nothing to do with the kernel at all. > > Deactivating the cache might be a good thing in certain situations, but it > usually just decreases performance. So it is usually a BAD THING(tm). -- Best regards, Daniel -- [email protected] mailing list
