linux&win share partition, disable write-cache?

[Dotan Cohen]

On 5/11/05, Robert Locke <lists at ralii.com> wrote:
> To be honest, I would be surprised if this ever worked.  I think, you
> are correct in your assumption that the primary issue is a caching
> issue.  But it's not just the "write-cache".  There is a read-cache.
> How does the "hibernating" operating system know that a change has been
> made to one of the "drives/partitions"?  These operating systems and
> their interactions with the hard disk make a HUGE ASSUMPTION - that they
> are the only one accessing the disk/partition/filesystem.  This is why
> clustering is not a slam dunk and requires a different filesystem.
> 
> What you would need to do is modify the "hibernate" scripts to
> drop/umount or something the "shared" filesystem and the "wakeup"
> scripts to pickup/mount or something the "shared" filesystem.  This way,
> only one operating system has the partition/filesystem open at a time
> and life returns to sanity....
> 
> HTH,
> 
> --Rob
> 

Try shuting down the operating systems instead of hibernating them. If
this solves the problem, then modify the hibernate/ wakup scripts as
Rob suggested.

Dotan Cohen
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