josephs@ttidca.TTI.COM (Bill Josephs) (02/03/88)
I just got my MDOS 3.2 from AT&T (after calling five 800 numbers to get the correct COM code number... )-: ). Does anyone have any effective guidelines for using the AT&T supplied Disk Cache? How does it work? Is there any way to temporarily desable for disk surface analysis programs or must one reboot with a different config.sys. Bill Josephs Citicorp/TTI 3100 Ocean Park Blvd Santa Monica, Ca.
ralph@mtunf.ATT.COM (Ralph Heredia) (02/04/88)
In article <1832@ttidca.TTI.COM> josephs@ttidca.TTI.COM (Bill Josephs) writes: > >I just got my MDOS 3.2 from AT&T (after calling five 800 numbers to >get the correct COM code number... )-: ). Does anyone have any >effective guidelines for using the AT&T supplied Disk Cache? How does >it work? Is there any way to temporarily desable for disk surface >analysis programs or must one reboot with a different config.sys. The details on using the cache are in the HELP feature that is distributed with AT&T MS-DOS 3.2 Rel 2.02. It should also be in the manual. However here is what you have to do. in the config.sys file do: device=[drive:][path]ac.sys [bbbb] [/E] [/Rn] [/A] where bbbb = amount of memory in multiples of 1K i.e., 1024 for a 1M cache. /E if using extended memory (286 and 386 computers only) /A if using expanded memory (with Memory Manager loaded first) DON'T USE BOTH OPTIONS AT ONE TIME. without the / option it will load a cache in conventional (under 640K) memory. /R Read specified number of disk sectors. ( 2, 4 , or 8) default is 4. NOTE: with the exception of using the memory manager and the /A option with AC.SYS, AC.SYS MUST be loaded first in the config.sys file. Ralph Heredia -- Ralph Heredia EMAIL: ihnp4!mtunf!ralph or attmail!rheredia AT&T 200 Laurel Ave. Middletown, NJ 07748 (201) 957-2567 Disclaimer: The above comments are my own and do not represent the views of the management of AT&T.