🚀 go-pugleaf

kanefsky@datamagic.com (Steve Kanefsky) writes:
I haven't figured out how to enable the write  
>cache with any of the tools I have (I'm using a Mac running MacOS and A/UX
>and I have Apple's HD Setup, SCSI Director, APS PowerTools, and SuperSpot 
>formatting Utilities).  I've heard that Hard Disk Toolkit might support  
>this, but I'd prefer not to have to buy it (especially not the full
>version) just to flip one bit on the drive.

The "World Control" module of the full Hard Disk Toolkit will indeed let
you enable the drive write cache, if it has such a cache and an enable
bit for it.  The HDT "Personal Edition" does not include World Control,
so it won't do you any good.

But you don't need to buy HDT for just this one purpose if you can find
a friend that has it.  Once the bit is set, it's saved within the drive
forever (until changed again), so you can take the drive to his place,
connect it, flip the bit, then take your drive home.

	Dave