Hi!
I put calls to FREESP, (https://github.com/ChartreuseK/FREESP)
in my AUTOEXEC, (FDAUTO.BAT) and that worked well for me.
FREESP C
FREESP D
Trevor
Which settings for cache and read-ahead do you use?
I think there is potential to fine-tune things :-)
Also, how much RAM do you have and how many clusters
and files are there on your C: and D: drives?
If the drives are not too big, you could try this
as part of your autoexec bat at boot:
lbacache 32000 flop
tickle /chs /lba
lbacache cool
dir c:\ /s /b > nul
dir d:\ /s /b > nul
lbacache temp
That is supposed to pre-load your FAT and directory
metadata into cache, with read-ahead, and flag it as
"prefer to keep it cached". Cache size e.g. 32 MB.
Alternatively, just load UHDD /S31 for a 31 MB cache
instead of LBACACHE. Your UIDE can be up to 4 GB and
it already has read-ahead built in (UIDE may not?).
You can also use UDVD2 or CDRCACHE to cache CD/DVD,
or UIDE which caches both fixed disks and CD/DVD.
Looking forward to hear about your experiments, thanks!
Eric
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