[TRLog] Minor CW Problem

[Pete Smith]

At 03:04 PM 1/24/99 -0700, k6ll@juno.com wrote:
>Here's something that's easy to try.
>Make sure disk write-cache is enabled. From the dos prompt, before
>starting TR, type:
>
>C:\windows\smartdrv c+
>or
>C:\dos\smartdrv c+
>(depending on which directory smartdrv.exe is located)
>
>This enables write-caching on the c drive, which eliminates a lot of
>little timing glitches. I don't know whether it will help this
>particular problem.

The voice of painful experience, tho ... if you're using Drivespace or
Doublespace be very wary of write-caching.  I lost an entire hard drive
because of a power failure in the middle of a cached write, which corrupted
the entire compressed drive file.

At the current price of good fast big hard drives DriveSpace is a risky
proposition, and not worth it.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 

Loud is.


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