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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
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- Subject: Re: Want to boot FAAAST? -problems
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 96 00:52:32
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- Mike (Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : Hi, Mathew Hendry , on 05-Mar-96 01:46:59 you scribbled....
- : >One problem I did encounter was that my disk cache program (HyperCache)
- : >became unstable if I allowed it to be grabbed. This is probably obvious.
- : >Putting it in FastBoot-Startup and removing it from my normal
- : >Startup-Sequence fixed things. Analagous commands such as AddBuffers should
- : >probably be moved to FastBoot-Startup as well, just to be safe, though I
- : >suppose that they respond to disk changes properly.
- :
- : Um that could be it... I use hypercache with a 512k buffer , and also lots of
- : addbuffers....
-
- As I say, AddBuffers shouldn't cause problems (it works on floppy disks, after
- all). I suspect that HyperCache is not designed for use on removable
- disks - or at least that is what the problem suggests. I am using an ancient
- version of HyperCache (1.01B) which I snaffled from a coverdisk ages ago,
- which could be part of the problem. Anyway, moving it to FastBoot-Startup
- fixes it.
-
- : >I also added a command to FastBoot-Startup to copy the contents of ENVARC: to
- : >ENV: - I don't want to have to do a new grab every time an ENV: setting is
- : >changed. I used "Copy ENVARC:~(Sys) ALL QUIET" so that screen mode prefs etc.
- :
- : erm why would you need a new grab? diskchange should take care of that?
-
- Oops. Cockup.
-
- The line above _should_ say "Copy ENVARC:~(Sys) ENV: ALL QUIET" :/
- ^^^^
-
- The contents of your RAM:Env directory need to be updated, otherwise they will
- remain as they were when you did your last grab.
-
- : >Another problem I had was the virus, of course, but then I _always_ check
- : >archives for viruses before using them, particularly when those programs
- : >claim to cut boot times down to 3 seconds ;)
- :
- : What does the virus actually do? I scrubbed it before it did anything ;)
-
- It's harmless, as far as I know. Just a straight link virus which copies
- itself wherever it can. Nevertheless it's an unwelcome thing to have around.
-
- -- Mat.
-