Hi
"L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
LB> First of all, nobody told me I *MUST* use anything until you started
LB> yelling at me.
??? would you *please* be so kind to show me were I have yelled ??
(except SCSI ... but this is not yelling, but only an abbrevation like IDE
or whatever ... so it simply written in capital letters and NOT yelled)
LB> Second, since I'm totally unfamiliar with smartdrive
rtfm
my german dos helps says:
DEVICE=[Laufwerk:][Pfad]SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLE_BUFFER
laufwerk= drive and pfad=path
In 'early' DOS versions double buffering was built into smartdrv. (although
it has nothing to do with caching)
in win95 and later it's a special file called dblbuff.sys
LB> Third, I didn't get the message saying smartdrive might need double
LB> buffering until just about the same time I answered the question
LB> below.
ok ... no problem ...
the main thing is that you got it, and arachne.cz does not start eating
messages again ...
LB> Am I now supposed to meet your personal requirements before I
LB> even know what they *are* to avoid being yelled at?
every 2. word in your mail is yell ...
and I don't know why ...
LB> No other program I've run, in the more than 15 years I've run SCSI
LB> drives under DOS, has required I set it up differently for SCSI vs
LB> RLL vs MFM vs IDE/EIDE whatever.
LB> And that includes Ncache disk caching software.
simply try it ...
not every SCSI controller needs it, but some do ...
I just wanted to help you, and get back a message were you accuse me of
yelling at you 3 times !!
Next time I will think over if I should dare writing you a mail !
LB> l.d.
CU, Ricsi
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