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

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

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
> to find a program on www.maxtor.com but couldn't find anything. The only
> thing I found is that on Apple and Windows systems they have the same
> problems and it was fixed via driver modification. I tried to find a way
> to disable write cache via hdparm but didn't find anything.

Maybe hdparm -W0 /dev/hdX

Cheers,
Juri

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