David Ronis wrote:
I notice from hdparm that disk write caching is turned on. Any chance
that there is a problem with the cache not being flushed before powering
down?
I'm running Linux-2.6.15.5 on what is otherwise a slackware-10.2
install.
David
While linux has support for write barriers (that allow you to run safely
with the write cache enabled), it needs support from the drive.
I would suggest that you should run with the write cache disabled unless
you can verify working barrier support.
The fact that your drive reports IO errors is also worrying - you might
just have a bad drive... You can look at drive help with tools like
smartctl.
Good luck,
ric
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