Re: files in /etc/xinetd.d become 0 byte size

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Simon Matter wrote:

> Eric Sandeen schrieb:
> >
> > I don't know for sure how IDE write caching works, to tell you the
> > truth.  Try making sure it's off, and we'll go from there.
>
> How can I disable write caching on the Quantum AS20.5 disks? I've tried

hdparm -W

 -W  Disable/enable the IDE drive's write-caching feature (usually OFF
     by default).


-Eric