Very Computer

I've just bought a nice 4.3GB Fujitsu Ultra DMA-33 IDE drive,
and when booting Linux tells me that it has 0kB of cache instead
of the supposedly 128kB. This happens both with kernel 2.0.0
and 2.1.58.
The question is why? The drive is real new (manufactured in september
'97) so it might be that it has some new features (like the ultra dma
stuff maybe) that confuses Linux so that it can't detect the cache.

Has anyone else experienced a harddrive reporting 0kB cache in Linux,
or is this drive simply broken?

//Marcus
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As there was someone else with the same characteristic, I
assumed my new drive was ok and have kept it.  However, this
still doesn't answer "why".  And I am by no means qualified
as kernel hacking IDE guru able to answer this question.

Perry Grieb

PS:  Marcus, if you get a good answer, I would be most grateful
     for an e-mail back!
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