Eric,
>> Do try to understand, as my damn ex-wife never did [part of
>> why she BECAME my ex- 32 years ago!!], that I have a REASON
>> for everything I say and do, same as for everything in UIDE
>
> Just making suggestions for universally faster and
> more fool-proof UIDE, as I dislike the idea that
> people have to manually disable floppy caches or
> tweak their (virtual) hardware to properly load
> UIDE ...
To "make a long story short", after my one and your two long
posts today, I see NO reason for any further changes in UIDE
or UIDE2. Its PCI-bus scan is now virtually instantaneous,
and its diskette media-change logic works, without problems.
So I will obey our other U.S. engineering "joke" (along with
our K.I.S.S. Principle), which is "Don't MESS with SUCCESS!"
(and "mess" is the polite word!).
With good hardware, UIDE/UIDE2 have run just fine from about
late 2006 onward. With "imperfect" hardware, or any "dumb"
emulator program, UIDE/UIDE2 users are now able to --
(A) "Call the BIOS" for disk I-O and so avoid disk PCI scans
with /E, which still caches disk data after the calls.
(B) Ignore hard-disks completely [no caching] with /N1.
(C) Run "unusual" CD/DVD drives via "PIO mode" [no UltraDMA]
with /UX. CD/DVD drives still demand a PCI scan, since
they are not "declared" to me by the BIOS during init.
(D) Ignore CD/DVD drives completely [no caching] with /N2.
(E) Ignore diskettes completely [no caching] with /N5.
I think that is ENOUGH to include in UIDE/UIDE2! Those who
use "VirtualBox" or other imperfect garbage, who do not like
having to forego some UIDE drive caching by using the above,
should damned-well INSIST that "VirtualBox" etc. gets FIXED!
I am VERY TIRED of having to add "Band Aids" into my drivers
to deal with the FOOLISH errors of OTHERS!!
Jack R. Ellis
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Live Security Virtual Conference
Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and
threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions
will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware
threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/
_______________________________________________
Freedos-user mailing list
Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
