Something similar to Linux's hdparm ? http://www.google.com/search?q=hdparm%20bsd
-*- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ 2003-07-30 19:41 ]: > Andrew Sullivan wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:38:54AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Guys, I just replied to this email on the BSDi email list. The issue is > > > that someone found that some(most?) IDE drives have write cache enabled, > > > though the drives do not preserve the write cache data on power failure. > > > > It's yet worse than this. Some IDE drives will respond to the > > command to turn off write cacheing, but they _don't actually turn it > > off_. In other words, you think you've done the right thing, and you > > haven't anyway. > > Is there an interface to control this with IDE drives? I know there is > scsicmd for SCSI, but I didn't think IDE had any similar interface to > control the drive. > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html -- Kveđja, Tolli [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
