>> The advantage of a write-delay cache is that that the writing can be >> done when the system is "idle" (a simple form of multi-tasking). > > That counts as "advanced cache with a lot of code" and can go as far as a > sort of ramdisk which syncs > back to the harddisk slowly but steadily when the harddisk has time, in > big cache. And it is not what I > would suggest for DOS...
That's basically what SMARTDRV and its equivalents do, though in a limited sense (they don't use oodles of memory and cache/RAMDisk the entire hard drive). Are you saying that you don't think programs like SMARTDRV "belong" in DOS? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Re-%3A-Support-for-4k-byte-sectors-tp33144850p33162629.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
