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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!walter!att-out!cbfsb!cbnewsg.cb.att.com!rnichols
  3. From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
  4. Subject: Re: STACKER question
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan23.024956.2773@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
  6. Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com
  7. Organization: AT&T
  8. References: <1993Jan21.104210.17130@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> <1993Jan22.192654.7710@zooid.guild.org>
  9. Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 02:49:56 GMT
  10. Lines: 16
  11.  
  12. In article <1993Jan22.192654.7710@zooid.guild.org> Andrew McCallum <andrewm@zooid.guild.org> writes:
  13. >From jswilson@mta.ca (SCOTT_WILSON)
  14. >>How can I turn off my cache on my computer... Stacker
  15. >>when you go into compress the drive says to turn off the disk cache
  16. >>when compressing the drive
  17. >>I use Himem.sys and smartdrv.sys
  18. >
  19. >    Put "rem" in front of the line that loads smartdrv.sys, reboot, and
  20. >install Stacker.  Then take the "rem" out afterwards.
  21.  
  22. Why go to all that bother.  The command "smartdrv c-" will disable caching
  23. for the C drive.  I'm not running Stacker, but I haven't yet encountered a
  24. cache-sensitive program that isn't happy with this methof of turning off
  25. SMARTDRV.
  26.  
  27. Bob Nichols
  28.