Update documentation on FreeBSD write cache control.

4869d10a · Bruce Momjian · ffe92d15 · 4869d10a
Commit 4869d10a authored Mar 11, 2011 by Bruce Momjian
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    <listitem>
      <para>
        On <productname>FreeBSD</>, IDE drives can be queried using
-        <command>atacontrol</command>, and SCSI drives using
-        <command>sdparm</command>.
+        <command>atacontrol</command> and write caching turned off using
+        <literal>hw.ata.wc=0</> in <filename>/boot/loader.conf</>;
+        SCSI drives use <command>sdparm</command>.
      </para>
    </listitem>