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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: ESDI disk performance under 386BSD
Message-ID: <1992Aug15.064435.13623@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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Organization: Weber State University (Ogden, UT)
References: <1992Aug14.170148.22228@dsuvax.dsu.edu>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 06:44:35 GMT
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In article <1992Aug14.170148.22228@dsuvax.dsu.edu> ghelmer@dsuvax.dsu.edu (Guy Helmer) writes:
[ ... my WD1007V-SE2 controller an my Wren VI seem real slow ... ]
There are 2 delay(100)'s in the disk driver to make it slower. Dunno if this
is what's biting you. I suspect you are missing the interleave. With that
controller, make sure the low level format (not possible with 386BSD -- use
a DOS tool) is 1:1.
Terry Lambert
terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
terry@icarus.weber.edu
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