Command: udma2.sys / udma2s.sys

  UDMA2.SYS / UDMA2S.SYS are DOS hard-disk caching driver for UltraDMA
  hard-disks.
  UDMA2.SYS / UDMA2S.SYS has to be loaded in CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS.
  When FreeDOS is already running, you can load UDMA2.SYS / UDMA2S.SYS
  later with DEVLOAD.
  UDMA2.SYS / UDMA2S.SYS are out of date. There is NO MORE support
  by the author! You should use UIDE.SYS instead.

Syntax:

  DEVICE = [path]UDMA2.SYS [/O] [/L] [/S] [...]
  DEVICE = [path]UDMA2S.SYS [/L] [/S] [...]
  DEVICEHIGH = [path]UDMA2.SYS [/O] [/L] [/S] [...]
  DEVICEHIGH = [path]UDMA2S.SYS [/L] [/S] [...]

Options:

  /O   For UDMA2.SYS only, enables output overlap. This REQUIRES an XMS
       manager (HIMEMX, etc.) and 128K of XMS memory. If /B is
       also specified, or if XMS is not available, overlap will NOT
       be enabled, as UDMA2.SYS must then use "DMA only" mode.
  /L   Limits DMA to "low memory" below 640K. /L is REQUIRED to use
       the UMBPCI upper-memory driver, or any similar drivers whose
       upper-memory areas do not support DMA. If /L is specified, UDMA2.
       SYS or UDMA2S.SYS must reside in LOW memory (as their command-
       list is accessed via DMA), or the driver will ABORT loading!
       /L causes I/O requests past 640K to go through the driver's XMS
       buffer. If /B is specified with /L or if XMS memory is not
       available, such I/O is "passed" to the BIOS for execution.
  /S   For UDMA2.SYS, enables the driver local-stack for "DMA only" mode.
       For UDMA2S.SYS, enables the local-stack for all cases. NOTE that
       the two drivers handle /S differently! UDMA2S.SYS usually does
       not enable a stack (for compatiblity with old versions!) and
       requires /S whenever a stack is wanted. UDMA2.SYS always sets
       a stack (and ignores /S) for normal or output-overlap usage,
       so it requires /S merely for "DMA only" mode. /S is meant
       for systems with one or more user programs which set "short"
       run-time stacks. /S and /B are independent and both may be
       specified together.
  /B   Causes XMS memory to be IGNORED, for "backward compatibility".
       /B forces UDMA2.SYS or UDMA2S.SYS to use "DMA only" mode. Thus, /B
       cancels /O (UDMA2.SYS output overlap is not enabled), causes the
       initialization "read tests" in UDMA2.SYS to be omitted, and also
       affects /L as noted above.
  /Mn  Specifies the MAXIMUM UltraDMA "mode" to be used by all disks,
       where n is a number between 0 and 7, as follows:
         0 = ATA-16,   16 MB/sec.     4 = ATA-66,   66 MB/sec.
         1 = ATA-25,   25 MB/sec.     5 = ATA-100, 100 MB/sec.
         2 = ATA-33,   33 MB/sec.     6 = ATA-133, 133 MB/sec.
         3 = ATA-44,   44 MB/sec.     7 = ATA-166, 166 MB/sec.
       Disks designed to a "mode" LESS than the given value will be
       limited to their own highest "mode". At present, "mode 7"
       ATA-166 is not yet implemented, but any driver CAN handle it
       if UltraDMA disks ever use it.
  /X   For UDMA2.SYS only, disables initialization "read tests". This
       switch is a LAST-chance "scheme" of forcing UDMA2.SYS to load on
       "problem" systems! Any errors detected by the "read tests"
       should be CORRECTED, wherever possible!
  For each switch, a dash may replace the slash, and lower-case letters
  may be used.

Comments:

  UDMA2.SYS is the most full-featured driver. It offers "output overlap"
  which buffers all output and does NOT await output end, so user work
  may overlap the DMA! Depending on the user's system and software,
  output overlap can yield a significant speed boost. For any output
  error or if a 400-msec timer expires, an error message will display.
  Output overlap must be enabled with a /O in the CONFIG.SYS line that
  loads UDMA2.SYS (see above for switch options).
  UDMA2S.SYS is the PREFERRED "small driver", for systems not using out-
  put overlap. It omits overlap and initialization "read tests", thus it
  achieves an object-file size of 3072 bytes. All other capabilities
  of the larger UDMA2.SYS (including an 80386 test) are retained.
  UDMA2S.SYS uses the same 640 byte resident "core" as UDMA.SYS or
  UDMAJR.SYS

Examples:

  In CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
    DEVICE=C:\FDDOS\BIN\UDMA2.SYS
    DEVICEHIGH=C:\FDOS\BIN\UDMA2S.SYS

Command: udma2.sys / udma2s.sys

Syntax:

Options:

Comments:

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See also: