I have read a document which tells me the following 4 things are done by the RAM embedded on disk driver controller. But I don't know what's difference between buffer and cache. Thanks!
RAM on disk drive controllers
1 firmware
2 speed matching buffer
3 prefetching buffer
4 cache (1 Reply)
Happy New Year!
There are currently four UNIX.COM achievement awards up for grabs, as the say. Here they are, in no particular order:
The Order of the Raven
The Order of the Hippo
The Order of the Spider
The Order of the Dragon
Don't ask me what they mean, or who who will get those... (0 Replies)
Dear All,
Here is the current status of the badging system:
The Beta 1 phase of the new badging system is close to completion.
42 prototype badges have been "allocated"
6 prototype badge slots are held in reserve
The "alert you have new badges" prototype is running and is currently... (4 Replies)
Here is the current array of the short description of badges for the new prototype badging system (Beta 1) with 42 icons allocated (prototype logic written) and 6 reserved (for future use);
<?php
$badges_desc = array(
"fauser" => "Total Post Count",
"faaward" => "First Post",
... (6 Replies)
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We have a lot of amazing moderators and other very talented unix.com members who provide tireless top quality free technical support assistance to others. As a service to those long term unix.com members, I am making a new Patreon BBCODE badge available which can be posted in forum... (8 Replies)
Another major upgrade on the new UserCP today. I have created the "My Badges" page in the new control panel, and it's looking very cool :)
If you have visited the new UserCP recently, you will more-than-likely need to close your browser (completely) and then restart it to clear out the old... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
mkproto
MKPROTO(1) General Commands Manual MKPROTO(1)NAME
mkproto - create a MINIX prototype file
SYNOPSIS
mkproto [-b n] [-d str] [-g n] [-i n] [-p nnn] [-s] [-t root] [-u n] source_directory [prototype_file]
OPTIONS -b Number of blocks in the prototype is n
-d Indent the prototype file using str instead of tab
-g Use n as the gid for all files and directories
-i Number of i-nodes in the prototype is n
-p Use nnn (3 octal digits) as the protection mode
-s Use the same uid, gid and mode as the source files have
-t Use the string root as the path prefix for every file
-u Use n as the uid for all files and directories
EXAMPLES
mkproto -b360 # Make a 360K prototype of this directory
mkproto -u2 -g1 -p644
# Give all files uid 2, gid 1 and mode 644
DESCRIPTION
Mkproto creates an mkfs prototype file for the specified source-directory. The prototype file is either written to stdout or, if speci-
fied, the proto-file.
SEE ALSO mkfs(1).
MKPROTO(1)