From: Ric Wheeler <ric@emc.com>
To: David.Ronis@McGill.CA
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problem with disk
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 16:08:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44590DAC.6010107@emc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1146686495.6540.35.camel@montroll.chem.mcgill.ca>
David Ronis wrote:
>I notice from hdparm that disk write caching is turned on. Any chance
>that there is a problem with the cache not being flushed before powering
>down?
>
>I'm running Linux-2.6.15.5 on what is otherwise a slackware-10.2
>install.
>
>David
>
>
>
>
While linux has support for write barriers (that allow you to run safely
with the write cache enabled), it needs support from the drive.
I would suggest that you should run with the write cache disabled unless
you can verify working barrier support.
The fact that your drive reports IO errors is also worrying - you might
just have a bad drive... You can look at drive help with tools like
smartctl.
Good luck,
ric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-03 20:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-03 20:01 Problem with disk David Ronis
2006-05-03 20:08 ` Ric Wheeler [this message]
2006-05-05 23:49 ` Mark Hahn
2006-05-06 0:51 ` Ric Wheeler
2006-05-06 17:11 ` Mark Hahn
2006-05-06 18:17 ` Ric Wheeler
2006-05-06 18:34 ` Mark Hahn
2006-05-06 22:56 ` Tejun Heo
2006-05-07 13:21 ` Ric Wheeler
2006-05-07 13:41 ` Tejun Heo
2006-05-08 14:33 ` Ric Wheeler
2006-05-10 22:21 ` Tejun Heo
2006-05-13 19:31 ` Ric Wheeler
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