NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/misc/2254

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From: [e-mail] (Rick Clements)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI drives and Windows (problems)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:15:04 GMT
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville,  OR.
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}[e-mail] (Chris Claborne) writes:
}} In <[e-mail]} [e-mail] (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?

I'm using an Adaptec controller.  When I went to Windows 3.1, I had no problem
with or without the /double_buffer.  But, both were slower than the version of
Smartdrv that came with 5.0.  Also, the disk heads spent much more time
rattling around.  I also didn't like the write cache because I never flush the
buffers before crashing my PC.

I switched back to the Smartdrv from DOS 5.0.  Everything has been fine ever
since.  I have a permanate swap file that I setup with Windows 3.0.
--
Rick Clements ([e-mail])