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Scouser
Jan 19, 2012Aspirant
Write-cache problems
Is there a way to disable disk write-cache permanently until such time that I might want to turn it back on again. I need to do this manually via some configuration file or command line utility and N...
Scouser
Jan 26, 2012Aspirant
Thanks for your comment and support slevi but this is Forum is user run as far as I know and is not an official Netgear or ReadyNas support tool. Any answers, comments or suggestions as far as I understand it are voluntarily given up by forum users. The proper method of logging a support problem is via a support request ticket off their support page. Albeit, I have not had any joy going down that avenue.
I guess the first thing to ask you is do you have Seagate disks? if so what model and rev are they? If they are the 1Gb or 1,5Gb disks I would put bets on that your problem is the same as mine. Turn write-cache off and bingo! your problem has gone.
Keep me posted.
I guess the first thing to ask you is do you have Seagate disks? if so what model and rev are they? If they are the 1Gb or 1,5Gb disks I would put bets on that your problem is the same as mine. Turn write-cache off and bingo! your problem has gone.
Keep me posted.
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