Re: [Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

2011-07-24 Thread Eric Auer
Jack, >> A cache might already "know" that the directories are more >> useful because they are accessed more often ... Sorry about the misunderstanding - I did not mean that the cache would know what a FAT or directory is, just that those sectors are accessed frequently, giving the cache a chanc

Re: [Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

2011-07-24 Thread Jack
Eric, >> Having to "discard" DOS directories, to make room for new >> data files, is the main loss of speed when using UIDE ... > > A cache might already "know" that the directories are more > useful because they are accessed more often ... I did not want to add such logic in UIDE, because I dar

Re: [Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

2011-07-24 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Bernd, > Jack's driver only accepts certain values. This might be intentional due > to specific caching algorythms. > Using XMSSIZE I'd still have to use a lot of errorlevel stuff: > if not errorlevel 5 , then use /B /N1 /N3 > if not errorlevel 10, then use /S5 > if not errorlevel .. etc. > i

Re: [Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

2011-07-24 Thread Eric Auer
Jack, > Except for minimal "boot" systems, like yours and Lucho's > multiboot diskette, I recommend a minimum of 250-MB cache > to handle todays' LARGE "Windows" files. Copying a 100- > MB file will take 200-MB of UIDE's cache space (input and > output), and some cache space must remain for dir

Re: [Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

2011-07-24 Thread Jack
Bernd, Re: UIDE accepting only certain cache sizes, this is true only for caches below 80-MB. UIDE allows 5, 15, 25, 40, or 50-MB caches, also ANY cache from 80-MB up to 4093-MB! Disregarding its /F switch, the regular UIDE can thus set 64K-byte cache blocks with an 80-MB+ cache, which reduces

Re: [Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

2011-07-24 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 24-7-2011 20:26, Rugxulo schreef: > Why? I mean, sure /S5 is fine, I'm not complaining, but you *could* > use Eric's XMSSIZE: > > http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/specials/xms-size-info-xmssizer.zip > > EDIT: Oh wait, that wouldn't work in CONFIG.SYS. But wait, you're > using D

Re: [Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

2011-07-24 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Op 24-7-2011 16:52, Jack schreef: > >> Apologies for my "late" response re: UIDE v.s. VirtualBox.   Had to have >> my (infected!) gall-bladder removed, 25-Jun-2011.   NASTY episode, and I >> am still recovering and "moving a bit slow" on

Re: [Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

2011-07-24 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 24-7-2011 16:52, Jack schreef: > Apologies for my "late" response re: UIDE v.s. VirtualBox. Had to have > my (infected!) gall-bladder removed, 25-Jun-2011. NASTY episode, and I > am still recovering and "moving a bit slow" on driver work! Re: recent > EDR-DOS forum posts, I say the same a

[Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

2011-07-24 Thread Jack
Apologies for my "late" response re: UIDE v.s. VirtualBox. Had to have my (infected!) gall-bladder removed, 25-Jun-2011. NASTY episode, and I am still recovering and "moving a bit slow" on driver work! Re: recent EDR-DOS forum posts, I say the same as our author Mark Twain once did -- "The r