From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Allan Wind Subject: Re: MD/RAID time out writing superblock Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:35:43 -0400 Message-ID: <20090920173543.GA19717@lifeintegrity.com> References: <4AADF471.2020801@suse.de> <4AAE3B9A.2060306@rtr.ca> <4AAE3F86.8090804@suse.de> <4AAE524C.2030401@rtr.ca> <20090916231921.GL1924@arachsys.com> <4AB239C8.2020203@rtr.ca> <4AB25736.1060601@suse.de> <4AB260CA.8040308@rtr.ca> <4AB2610F.8010904@rtr.ca> <20090918170517.GI2141@arachsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from static-173-48-39-13.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([173.48.39.13]:54990 "EHLO lifeintegrity.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754926AbZITRfk (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:35:40 -0400 Received: from vent.lifeintegrity.com (Wireless_Broadband_Router [173.48.39.13]) by submission.lifeintegrity.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B60BA3E1 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:35:43 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090918170517.GI2141@arachsys.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On 2009-09-18T18:05:17, Chris Webb wrote: > Mark Lord writes: > > > Speaking of which.. > > > > Chris: I wonder if the errors will also vanish in your situation > > by disabling the onboard write-caches in the drives ? > > > > Eg. hdparm -W0 /dev/sd? > > Hi Mark. I've got a test machine on its way at the moment, so I'll make sure > I check this one out on it too. It has been stable for me the last 3 days with the write cached disabled. /Allan -- Allan Wind Life Integrity, LLC