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 the amount of "math" and init logic needed. For smaller caches I use 8K to 32K cache blocks, and their parameters come from UIDE's "CachSiz" table. To keep the table not too large, I settled on only the small-cache sizes listed above.
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 directories so the NEXT disk operation does not have to re-read them. Having to "discard" DOS directories, to make room for new data files, is the main loss of speed when using UIDE, so users should allocate as large a UIDE cache as possible. Jack R. Ellis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
