Re: Long `rm` times.

Mark Lord (mlord@pobox.com)
Fri, 28 May 1999 09:33:02 -0400


Ed Hall wrote:
>
> I've found that "rm" times are much faster if the disk is configured
> for write caching. Some disks are shipped with this enabled while
..
> I've no idea how to configure IDE disks, but I assume that they have
> a similar option (and similar differences in default setting).

hdparm -W1

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