Commit 58d74621 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Improve fsync documentation by stating that -W _0_ turns of write

caching.
parent 398f70ec
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<para>
On <productname>Linux</>, IDE drives can be queried using
<command>hdparm -I</command>; write caching is enabled if there is
a <literal>*</> next to <literal>Write cache</>. <command>hdparm -W</>
a <literal>*</> next to <literal>Write cache</>. <command>hdparm -W 0</>
can be used to turn off write caching. SCSI drives can be queried
using <ulink url="http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html"><application>sdparm</></ulink>.
Use <command>sdparm --get=WCE</command> to check
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