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Improve fsync documentation by stating that -W _0_ turns of write
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<para>
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On <productname>Linux</>, IDE drives can be queried using
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<command>hdparm -I</command>; write caching is enabled if there is
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a <literal>*</> next to <literal>Write cache</>. <command>hdparm -W</>
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a <literal>*</> next to <literal>Write cache</>. <command>hdparm -W 0</>
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can be used to turn off write caching. SCSI drives can be queried
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using <ulink url="http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html"><application>sdparm</></ulink>.
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Use <command>sdparm --get=WCE</command> to check

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