From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264989AbUELGJa (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 May 2004 02:09:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264991AbUELGJa (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 May 2004 02:09:30 -0400 Received: from shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net ([24.71.223.10]:6876 "EHLO pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264989AbUELGJ2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 May 2004 02:09:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 00:09:32 -0600 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.6 "IDE cache-flush at shutdown fixes" To: linux-kernel Message-id: <008201c437e7$b1a35160$6601a8c0@northbrook> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org If this is indeed the case, that those drives don't support the "flush write cache" command, I'd like to see Maxtor's excuse as to why.. I believe that Windows always powers down IDE drives before shutdown, maybe this is because of non-universal support for the "flush write cache" command? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Herman" Newsgroups: fa.linux.kernel To: Cc: Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 6:08 AM Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.6 "IDE cache-flush at shutdown fixes" > Gene Heskett wrote: > > >> hda: Maxtor 6Y120P0, ATA DISK drive > > > I note the drive is the same model here too, Rene. > > > > The question remains however, is our data in danger? > > There's a fair change that we'll be told, yes, very much so, since these > drives don't seem to correctly support this life saving feature. The > real answer though will be more easily deducted by calculating the ratio > of unexplained file system corruptions you've had and reboots you've > managed (0, that is). > > Rene. > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/