pjp23@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Paul J Pival) (03/25/91)
Config.sys includes device=smartdrv.sys 1024 256 (correct path). As soon as the proper message is displayed upon boot up, the machine hangs. 286-12mhz clone with 1.5 AboveBoard configured via EMM to extended memory. Himem.sys appears first in config.sys, followed by device=EMM [addresses], then dev=smartdrv.sys. Config.sys also includes device=fixt_drv.sys (for Golden Bow VFeature Deluxe). Any ideas will be most appreciated.
altman@sbpmt.cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman) (03/27/91)
In article <106958@unix.cis.pitt.edu> pjp23@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Paul J Pival) writes: >Config.sys includes device=smartdrv.sys 1024 256 (correct path). As soon >as the proper message is displayed upon boot up, the machine hangs. 286-12mhz >clone with 1.5 AboveBoard configured via EMM to extended memory. Himem.sys >appears first in config.sys, followed by device=EMM [addresses], then >dev=smartdrv.sys. Config.sys also includes device=fixt_drv.sys (for >Golden Bow VFeature Deluxe). Any ideas will be most appreciated. This is from the README.TXT file: SMARTDrive will not run if your hard disk was partitioned using one of the following utilities: * Disk Manager (Ontrack Computer Systems) * SpeedStor (Storage Dimensions) * Vfeature Deluxe (Golden Bow Systems) If your hard disk was partitioned using one of these utilities, SMARTDrive will not start. Instead, it displays the following message: Incompatible disk partition detected. SMARTDrive does this in order to protect your hard disk from possible damage. Hard disks partitioned using these three utilities are often incompatible with SMARTDrive; running SMARTDrive on such a hard disk could destroy the data on that disk. -- - Jeff (jaltman@ccmail.sunysb.edu)
nelson@sgi.com (Nelson Bolyard) (03/29/91)
In article <1991Mar26.175131.26779@sbcs.sunysb.edu> altman@sbpmt.cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman) writes, quoting some unknown README.TXT file that claims (quote)" >SMARTDrive will not run if your hard disk was partitioned using >one of the following utilities: > > * Disk Manager (Ontrack Computer Systems) > * SpeedStor (Storage Dimensions) > * Vfeature Deluxe (Golden Bow Systems) > >If your hard disk was partitioned using one of these utilities, >SMARTDrive will not start. Instead, it displays the following >message: > > Incompatible disk partition detected. > >SMARTDrive does this in order to protect your hard disk from >possible damage. Hard disks partitioned using these three >utilities are often incompatible with SMARTDrive; running >SMARTDrive on such a hard disk could destroy the data on that disk. >-- >- Jeff (jaltman@ccmail.sunysb.edu) I don't know what README.TXT file you're referring to, but none of the README files I have say that. What's more, my personal experience with SMARTDRV.SYS (the version that came with WIN 3.0) disproves the claim made in your README. I have an ESDI drive, with diskmgr. Smartdrv did start up with my diskmgr, did not detect an incompatible disk partition, and did all sorts of heinous things to my disk before I stopped it. Fortunately, in my case, I was able to fix things up by reinstallaing the damaged files from the original product disks, and did not have to resort to restoring from backups. But I now have a disk cache driver that works just fine on my machine with the diskmgr driver and Win 3.0, even in 386Enh mode. It's a piece of shareware called HyperDisk (hydk420.zip). It can cache floppies as well as hard drives, and comes with different drivers to work with different hardware/software combinations (e.g. a version to work with QEMM 5.1x, a version for himem.sys, etc.). It can operate in write-through mode (like smartdrv) or in delayed write-back cache mode. I use it in write-thru mode, so I don't have to worry about power outages. I've been using it daily for about 2 weeks now, and am quite pleased, and will be sending in my check very soon. I've dedicated 1 of my 8 megabytes of RAM to the disk cache, and it makes a BIG difference in speed and reduced disk access (and reduced disk wear-and-tear). The shareware version bugs you to pay for it every time it starts up, and as I understand it, will stop working on Dec 31, 1991. The registered version supposedly doesn't nag you for money, and won't stop working in December. I *think* I got this file from cica. If not, I could FTP it there upon request. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nelson Bolyard nelson@sgi.COM {decwrl,sun}!sgi!whizzer!nelson Disclaimer: Views expressed herein do not represent the views of my employer. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------