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"Be Advised ..." About Using UIDE! (Users)

posted by Jack , Fresno, California USA, 24.05.2010, 17:21
(edited by Jack on 24.05.2010, 18:47)

> Laaca didn't say anything about his use of UIDE with the "/H" or "/HL"
> switches. Certainly, MS-DOS 7.10 has problems, but FreeDOS has much
> more. I would strongly recommend you installing FreeDOS for testing
> purposes!

I have tested FreeDOS from Lucho's 2008 "boot" diskette, which is much
simpler than putting the entire FreeDOS package on my hard-disk and so
LOSING my V6.22 MS-DOS. His "boot" diskette has only the 2035 kernel
but UIDE does run O.K. with it, even if loaded from AUTOEXEC (not from
CONFIG.SYS) using Eric Auer's "DEVLOAD" program. That allows UIDE to
load in the FreeDOS HMA, as they do not make HMA space available prior
to AUTOEXEC, i.e., not before the entire "system" and all .SYS drivers
have been loaded. No UIDE problems, even when loaded in FreeDOS HMA.

Today, Monday 24-May-2010, after originally writing this post, I chose
to (A) write one of Lucho's "boot" diskettes, (B) add to it the latest
XMGR/UIDE/UMBPCI/JEMM386 drivers and Auer's DEVLOAD, and (C) re-run my
file copy/compare test using my 74-MB of Windows system files. I ran
UIDE.SYS /S100 /P /H that sets a 100-MB cache, uses faster "protected
mode" cache methods (binary-search table in memory, not XMS), and sets
most of the driver logic in the FreeDOS HMA. Absolutely NO problems,
of any kind, with any of the newer drivers using the old 2035 kernel!

I have no experience re: newer FreeDOS kernels but I have read all the
problems with them. My opinion is that if UIDE works fine with 2035,
any issues using the newer 2036/2038/2039 kernels are most-likely "NOT
my problem"!

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Complete thread:

• What can cause FAT damage - kernel 2039 or UIDE? - Laaca, 24.05.2010, 08:50 (Users)
  • BUG #2901916 | can cause FAT damage - kernel 2039 or UIDE? - DOS386, 24.05.2010, 09:20
  • What can cause FAT damage - kernel 2039 or UIDE? - Khusraw, 24.05.2010, 13:26
    • Buggy FreeDOS - DOS386, 06.06.2010, 15:59
      • Buggy FreeDOS - Laaca, 06.06.2010, 17:19
      • Buggy FreeDOS - Khusraw, 06.06.2010, 17:49
  • "Be Advised ..." About Using UIDE! - Jack, 24.05.2010, 16:18
    • "Be Advised ..." About Using UIDE! - Khusraw, 24.05.2010, 16:57
      • "Be Advised ..." About Using UIDE! - Jack, 24.05.2010, 17:21
        • "Be Advised ..." About Using UIDE! - Laaca, 24.05.2010, 18:15
          • "Be Advised ..." About Using UIDE! - Khusraw, 24.05.2010, 18:59
            • For the dummies - Khusraw, 24.05.2010, 19:28
              • For the dummies - Laaca, 24.05.2010, 21:07
                • For the dummies - Khusraw, 24.05.2010, 22:18
              • .. - DOS386, 03.05.2011, 09:43
          • You May Need "V8.0" MS-DOS! - Jack, 24.05.2010, 19:09
            • May Need "V8.0" MS-DOS! Or NOT ! - Ninho, 25.05.2010, 12:27
              • Deep directories in DOS - jassenna, 27.05.2010, 06:45
                • Deep directories in DOS - Ninho, 30.05.2010, 12:38