Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 13:39:51 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATAPI Zip challenge : aftermath Message-ID: <199709260409.NAA00709@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Sep 1997 04:02:57 GMT." <199709260402.VAA00183@usr05.primenet.com>
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> > So how do you explain the IDE emulation mode on the older models? Any > > why the *^&%(*& did they discontinue it? > > Cheaper manufacturing for the daughterboard, I'm betting. And/or the > people who are including them in their new machines don't want them > bootable or swappable because of the Windows 95 bugs with removable > media Hmm. I'd buy either of those I guess. It's a serious pain in the ass though. > (the TSD for removable media devices silently corrupts pages > obtained from it when FS_ReadWrite is called with R0_SWAPPER_CALL; > you can't install most software from it if it runs from or opens a > DLL on the device -- most InstallShield based installs have to). > > Bet you didn't know *that* dirty little secret... Not until you first blabbed about it months ago. 8) > Luckily, miniport drivers can be written to be portable between NT and > 95, so NT has the bug too. 8-p. Hmm. This is a reason not to adopt the miniport interface for FreeBSD? mike
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