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- From: Mark Harden <mark@harden.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Max Transfer Rates.
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 96 21:51:46 GMT
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- Dan Robotka (dgr@fdl.fdldotnet.com) wrote:
- : Mark,
- :
- : How do I determine the max transfer rate? Would this affect the problem I am
- : seeing?
- :
- : I recently posted a message (Hardrive Problem?). New harddrive, new problems!
- : I found my problem to occur during copying files. My drive has a 128k buffer.
- : The file seems to copy okay, but the contents are not the same. It seems to happen
- : when there is a read and then a write from the hard drive. Floppy copies to the
- : hard disk are okay.
-
- The MaxTransfer value should be the size that the drive can take in one gulp. This
- is typically the size of the buffer. In your case 0x1FE00 should work...
-
- Note that the MaxTransfer value should be divisable by the sector size due to a
- bug in the WorkBench format command.
-
- The symtoms you describe are clasic. Large file from floppy fine - HD not !
-
- HDToolBox picks a VERY BAD default value. So bad that with IDE drives it
- will fail !
-
- I hope this helps you. If you need more please e-mail me.
-
- : Thanks in advance,
- :
- : Dan Robotka
- : dgr@fdl.fdldotnet.com
-