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- From: monk@monk.ctg.Tandem.com (Alfredo Moncayo)
- Subject: Re: Daystar PowerCache & A/UX 3.0
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.225620.5896@tandem.com>
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- Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.
- References: <1992Aug18.134325.8035@linus.mitre.org> <1027@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:56:20 GMT
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- In article <1027@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>, jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) writes:
- |>
- |> As far as I know, you should _not_ install the CDEV under A/UX.
- |>
- |> To enable the cache, before you boot A/UX make sure:
- |>
- |> 1. The CDEV is installed on your boot-up/start-up disk
- |>
- |> 2. That the cache is enabled via the CDEV
- |>
- |> If A/UX is booted with the cache enabled, it will stay enabled. To turn
- |> off the cache you'll need to shutdown A/UX (Restart) and, in the real MacOS
- |> mode, disable the cache and then boot A/UX.
- |>
- |> In other words, the CDEV is A/UX compatible but the cache is ;)
-
- This doesn't explain why the older version (PowerCache, not PowerCentral) of
- the CDEV *was* compatible and not the new one. Additionally, the new PowerDemo
- software (version 5.1) doesn't seem to work under A/UX (again, the old version
- did).
-
- - Alfredo
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- monk@monk.ctg.tandem.com
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