#DOS 6
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I just got a new PC and w/DOS 6. I would like to install DBLSPACE. I would
first like to hear experiences
other AniPro users have had.
I read the AUTODESK document regarding DOS 6. Regarding the statement:
Customers using the DoubleSpace feature of MS-DOS 6.0 should direct
Autodesk
products' temporary and swap files to a non-compressed disk partition.
– what if I don't?
– how do I create a large enough partition
– can the size of the partition be changed after it has been created
Thanks in advance.
Ed,
if I were you I'd avoid doublespace like the plague! Unless you back up all
your valuable data every day. When this type of whole disk compression crashes,
you lose everything – it's happened to me with Stacker and it'll be a long time
before I'll use such a scheme, of any flavour, again. File compression, I like,
but disk compression is something else.
Avoid it. If you need the space, first consider a larger hard disk, second,
consider getting the newest version of STACKER, lastly, avoid it! Remember that
Stacker should be in DOS 6. It didn't make it in the last minute because
(…sensored…). Doublespace was put together in the last minute just because
it was promissed and it never even made beta!
Ed,
Avoid DoubleSpace. Use Stacker 3.1 (STAC Electronics has provided the
algorithms for compression on tape backup systems and other devices for years),
who offer a DOS 6-only version to replace the DBLSPACE.BIN file with their own
stuff, thus it's highly integrated into the operating system. Format a floppy
with the DOS 6 system, and it will include their version of the .BIN file,
giving you easy access if the hard disk won't boot normally. Martin is correct
regarding backup (which is probably to a STAC-enhanced tape drive), although
perhaps a trifle alarmist. It's a good idea regardless of whther you are using
a compressed drive or no.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates