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- From: vscarafi@eccdb1.pms.ford.com (Vincent F. Scarafino)
- Subject: Re: SCSI drives and Windows (problems)
- Message-ID: <BtCowt.7KJ@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>
- Originator: news@pms001
- Sender: usenet@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com (0000-Admin(0000))
- Organization: Ford Motor Co.
- References: <5666@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 20:29:12 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- claborne@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Chris Claborne) writes:
- > In <18AUG199210434176@summa.tamu.edu> kbm8572@summa.tamu.edu (BRYAN MILLIGAN) writes:
- >
- >
- > > I have a 386/33 with an Adaptec 1542A SCSI controller, a 120MB Maxtor,
- > >installed Windows 3.1:
- > > 1. Creation of a permanent swap file causes Windows to be unstable
- > > (lost groups, numerous crashes, a lot of general protection
- > > faults, etc.).
- > > 2. I think that the new SMARTDRV.EXE is causing erratic behavior in
- > > programs when I'm not in Windows.
- > > 3. SMARTDRV.EXE does not behave according to the documentation. There
- > > is no way for me to disable the write-cache; it's either all or
- > > none.
- > >Has anyone else with a similar setup had these problems, or (better yet) does
- > >anyone have a fix? BTW I'm using the ASPI driver from Adaptec not AHA1540.SYS.
- > Ther is a problem with smart drive if you don't start it like:
- > device=C:\WIN3\SMARTDRV.EXE /double_buffer
- >
- > Do you have the /double_buffer in ther?
- >
- >
- > 2
- > == C ==
- > chris.claborne@sandiegoca.ncr.com CI$: 76340.2422
-
- You must specify the double_buffer option in your config.sys file because
- the controller and Windows can't be working in the same memory buffers
- at the same time. Each makes assumptions that the other invalidates. With
- my Adaptec controller, I also could not load the smartdrv command HIGH.
- However, with double buffering and smartdrv loaded LOW, I have had no
- problems.
-
- Vince
-