Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/16/13:34:20
> > > Also, you say that in Linux(or other) that it is ready when the
> > > process ends, however this is not true.
> >
> > I know, my point is, that we make it true!
>
> In DOS? Or Linux? That wont work in Linux because you can
> background a process. It would be pointless to even try it in a
> multitasking OS like Linux. Better to just not cache floppies.
DOS, if someone wants to have floppy caching.
I don't see a reason for floppy caching however.
> > OpenDOS uses nwcache, right?
> > So I think it works the same as in SMARTDRV.
> > You can turn off the foppy caching.
> > We should only make it the default value, in stead of like in SMARTDRV,
> > where the default is floppy cache on.
>
> Yeah, I've got that disabled in DOS right now, but how does one
> do that in linux? The mount manpage was less than informative.
Well, I'll ask the 'Linux wizards' at school :-)
Yeep
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