Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/25/15:04:03
On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, yeep wrote:
> > > > 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.
Nope. Pointless.
> > > 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 :-)
What did they say? I'm still mega interested in this nuisance.
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