MSDOS Disk and File System Information
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:03 pm
Hello, I am currently looking for information on how MSDOS (Before SmartDrive) had handled Disk information.
Where it had stored it, How much at a time and how the amount was set, caching algorithms. ETC
Im looking for a PDF (or anything really) on this specific information and i haven't had any luck finding it. Does anyone have a copy of this information, or know where i could find it?
I can already assume it caches constantly used sectors and fat entry sectors but, during operations like disk ejections (its responses to that situation), directory reads (does it read a sector at a time gathering information about files within the directories? etc). Where could i find this? Thank you for reading
Where it had stored it, How much at a time and how the amount was set, caching algorithms. ETC
Im looking for a PDF (or anything really) on this specific information and i haven't had any luck finding it. Does anyone have a copy of this information, or know where i could find it?
I can already assume it caches constantly used sectors and fat entry sectors but, during operations like disk ejections (its responses to that situation), directory reads (does it read a sector at a time gathering information about files within the directories? etc). Where could i find this? Thank you for reading