Quoting Christophe Zwecker <doc@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> the firmware is the one I dl from the 3ware page 1 week ago, when I
> installed the system, the kernel is 2.4.19, so I guess that shit fit.
Okay, you _probably_ have _too_new_ of a firmware for your driver! If find the
stock kernel lags 3Ware by 6-12 months, and 3Ware almost always introduces a new
driver with each new firmware release.
I'd say you found your problem then. Be sure to _always_ install the driver
with the firmware image you get from 3Ware. They even include a Makefile to
make things easy.
Or don't you read things like READMEs??? ;-P
> yeah, mostly true, tho I need that for an ftp server, its unconvinient
> to guess how big a dir will get an "waste" a partition on it when the
> space wont be available to other dirs.
Perfect excuse to put those accounts on their own filesystem(s)! ;-P
> Anyhow, I know now, I shall never enable the write cache again, i
> kinda pi.. me off to waste performance..well security goes first. Since its
> an ftp server speed is not all that important - the line aint THAT fast.
Again, you're firmware is probably _too_new_ for your driver.
> Anyone know where to get those tools to disable write cache on my IDE
> hds ? I hope I dont need windows for that...
You usually need to boot DOS to do so. And you'll need to put them on a
standard ATA controller, as 3Ware Escalades hide them behind their ASIC.
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