Hi, I uploaded a new LBAcache version to
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/ lbacache-09may2004.zip
>From the history.txt file:
09.05.2004 Included some TICKLE harddisk read-ahead improvements in
the LBACACHE package in the TICKLEHD.COM file. Normal
TICKLE.COM without harddisk read-ahead abilities still
included as well. Fixed detection / support for 1.68 MB
floppy geometry! Nicer STAT / INFO drive list display,
also suppresses leading 0s now, but not for hex values.
So:
- INFO / STAT should now show an easier to read list-of-cached-drives in
most cases, including LBA information and floppy cache information, but
the latter is only shown if the old verbose list-of-drives is not needed.
- FLOP mode should finally be able to cache 1.68 MB floppy and other non-
standard sizes now! Background: int 13.8 returned ESDI in BIOS rather than
returning current int 1e vector...
- INFO / STAT now suppresses leading 0s from decimal numbers displayed, but
not from hex numbers. Detected by checking whether the explanatory string
ends in "0x" :-).
- You now have both TICKLE and TICKLEHD available. The latter has harddisk
read-ahead support compiled in and takes 0.7k more RAM for that. The hard-
disk read-ahead support must be enabled by the command line options (case
sensitive!) LB (for LBA) and HD (for CHS) respectively. You can enable both
features at the same time with "TICKLEHD LB HD". You cannot disable floppy
read-ahead in either TICKLE version, so you must always load it after an
LBAcache which you loaded with the FLOP argument. Example:
LBACACHE 6144 FLOP
TICKLE LB HD
Read the files in doc/lbacache for more information. And do not load TICKLE
into an UMB if that UMB has problems with DMA - as usual. LBACACHE itself
can be loaded into any UMB but will be slow if you load it into an uncached
UMB (this affects UMBs created by UMBPCI on certain computers), of course.
Happy testing!
Eric.
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