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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 21:44:59 +0100
From: Peter Allen <P DOT Allen AT pallen DOT dabsol DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: An updated DOS - Please discuss
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Michael Kearns wrote:
<big snip>
> Scandisk doesn't count, as fsck can take just as long :o)

If you have multiple partitions (as you should IMHO (not wishing to
start a flame war)) then fsck will take virtually no time (<5 secs
on my k6-3) I can see your point if you have a single 10Gb partition
though.

			Peter Allen

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