From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Halim Issa Subject: Re: sd incorrectly reports write cache disabled on cache-capable drives/controllers Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:52:40 +0100 Message-ID: <200801252252.40404.yallaone@gmail.com> References: <200801252159.20858.yallaone@gmail.com> <200801252228.22659.yallaone@gmail.com> <1201296801.3119.63.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.181]:37350 "EHLO ik-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761222AbYAYVwq (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:52:46 -0500 Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c28so32020ika.5 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:52:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1201296801.3119.63.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: James Bottomley Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Friday 25 January 2008 22:33:21 James Bottomley wrote: > Just because the inquiry strings say it doesn't have a cache doesn't > really mean it's not using one but not telling anyone. Thank you for explaining this to me. I have been stuck on this for close to six months, and you solved it in less than 15 minutes. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to explain to a beginner. Got to love the linux spirit. Have a great weekend!