I have applied the attached patch to mention -W _0_ turns off write
caching. The official Linux docs are unclear that you need a zero
there.
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Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 1d1924b..0afb9d6
*** a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
***************
*** 73,79 ****
<para>
On <productname>Linux</>, IDE drives can be queried using
<command>hdparm -I</command>; write caching is enabled if there is
! a <literal>*</> next to <literal>Write cache</>. <command>hdparm
-W</>
can be used to turn off write caching. SCSI drives can be queried
using <ulink
url="http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html";><application>sdparm</></ulink>.
Use <command>sdparm --get=WCE</command> to check
--- 73,79 ----
<para>
On <productname>Linux</>, IDE drives can be queried using
<command>hdparm -I</command>; write caching is enabled if there is
! a <literal>*</> next to <literal>Write cache</>. <command>hdparm -W
0</>
can be used to turn off write caching. SCSI drives can be queried
using <ulink
url="http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html";><application>sdparm</></ulink>.
Use <command>sdparm --get=WCE</command> to check
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