Hi What is Tickle?
What does it do? Regards Jim Davies ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Auer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 3:22 AM Subject: [Freedos-user] New TICKLE for LBAcache, please test - UPDATE! > > Hi, this is to inform you that I uploaded tickle-08may2004.zip again. > The LBA support had a bug which would try to the floppy when you want > to tickle the harddisk. Usually causes DOS to "give up" because it > "cannot read from harddisk". Fixed now. > > About LBA / CHS tickle mode: If your partition is in the first 8 GB, > your kernel will only use LBA if you use SYS CONFIG to force it to do > so. If your partition reaches beyond the first 8 GB (1024 cylinders), > FreeDOS will always use LBA to access it (if you SYS CONFIG to block > LBA support, you will no longer be able to use that partition). > The LBA mode is supposed to be more "native" and therefore faster. > And TICKLE read-ahead is more straightforward / intense in this mode. > > Eric. > > > PS: The zip is almost 9k now because it includes my initial "5/2004 TICKLE" > introduction / test suggestion mail now... > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software > Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver > higher performing products faster, at low TCO. > http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
