(initramfs) Assuming drive cache: write through

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Hi!

Yes, "Assuming drive cache: write through" is not an error.
The original poster should give more details.

Regards,
David

-----Original Message-----
From: "Michael Varre" <mvarre at gmail.com>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:24:07 -0400
Subject: Re: (initramfs) Assuming drive cache: write through

> Sorry i should have attached my actual log entries......
> 
> [460305.341617] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 62914560 512-byte hardware sectors (32212
> MB)
> [460305.341763] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> [460305.341862] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Cache data unavailable
> [460305.341887] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [460305.342034] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 62914560 512-byte hardware sectors (32212
> MB)
> [460305.342103] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> [460305.342127] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Cache data unavailable
> [460305.342130] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [460305.342233]  sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 >
> [460305.352244] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
> [460305.352390] sd 2:0:1:0: [sdb] 2097152 512-byte hardware sectors (1074
> MB)
> [460305.352462] sd 2:0:1:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> [460305.352487] sd 2:0:1:0: [sdb] Cache data unavailable
> [460305.352490] sd 2:0:1:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [460305.352615] sd 2:0:1:0: [sdb] 2097152 512-byte hardware sectors (1074
> MB)
> [460305.352682] sd 2:0:1:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> [460305.352706] sd 2:0:1:0: [sdb] Cache data unavailable
> [460305.352709] sd 2:0:1:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [460305.352752]  sdb: sdb1
> [460305.353099] sd 2:0:1:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
> 
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Michael Varre <mvarre at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >  Pardon me for jumping in on this thread with my own question, however i
> > have similari messages in all my 6.06 and 8.04 LTS servers.  The only thing
> > is that all my ubuntu systems, approximately 20, run on VMware ESX 3.5 as
> > virtual hosts.  I assumed this message was simply due to the fact that I
> > dont have physical drives attached to the ubuntu host, thus i have no drive
> > cache that ubuntu is aware of....at least from the hosts perspective.
> >
> > Am I right on here?  And if i am, Derek, then I would assume that it is
> > just that your drive is not getting its cache recognized properly?
> >
> >