From:	Paul Harness <gapa83 AT udcf DOT gla DOT ac DOT uk>
Subject:	Re: GDB corruped my hard disk *&!"*&@
To:	berend AT beard DOT nest DOT nl
Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 1994 13:10:14 +0100 (BST)
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)

> PH> I tried out GDB yesterday. After a good start, experimenting
> PH> on an application of a few thousand lines, it suddenly
> PH> crashed, leaving the hard disk light on. The only option was
> PH> to reboot! As a result my hard disk is SERIOUSLY CORRUPTED
> PH> :-((, and I'm writing this on another machine.
> 
> Your FAT is probably not updated. It should be no problem to fix this if
> you have PCTools and regularly run mirror. Just run DiskFix and voila.
> 
Norton DiskDoctor repaired some of the damage.

> The problem is not due to djgpp, but to your reboot. You have a
> diskcache installed?
> 
Since GDB locked up my machine, what else could I do except reboot?

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