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

[Simon Matter <simon.matter@ch.sauter-bc.com>]

Juri Haberland schrieb:
> 
> 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

Thanks! I knew it was there but I couldn't find it last night...

I found another tool to permanently make feature settings. It's from IBM
but it seems to work for other drives too:

http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/support/download.htm#FeatureTool

I'll make some tests now and report what comes out.

-Simon

> 
> Cheers,
> Juri
> 
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