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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry
  3. From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
  4. Subject: Re: ESDI disk performance under 386BSD
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug15.064435.13623@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
  6. Sender: news@fcom.cc.utah.edu
  7. Organization: Weber State University  (Ogden, UT)
  8. References: <1992Aug14.170148.22228@dsuvax.dsu.edu>
  9. Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 06:44:35 GMT
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  12. In article <1992Aug14.170148.22228@dsuvax.dsu.edu> ghelmer@dsuvax.dsu.edu (Guy Helmer) writes:
  13. [ ... my WD1007V-SE2 controller an my Wren VI seem real slow ... ]
  14.  
  15. There are 2 delay(100)'s in the disk driver to make it slower.  Dunno if this
  16. is what's biting you.  I suspect you are missing the interleave.  With that
  17. controller, make sure the low level format (not possible with 386BSD -- use
  18. a DOS tool) is 1:1.
  19.  
  20.  
  21.                     Terry Lambert
  22.                     terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
  23.                     terry@icarus.weber.edu
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  25. Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
  26. or previous employers.
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  29.                                                        terry@icarus.weber.edu
  30.  "I have an 8 user poetic license" - me
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