From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 00:03:19 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: "Mills, Dean" cc: OpenDOS Mailing List Subject: Re: [opendos] Controller card or Norton's SpeedDisk eat files w/ OpenDOS? In-Reply-To: <19970201025302179.AAA793@port117.img.net> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Mills, Dean wrote: > Well, decided against installing OpenDOS on the server here, and threw it > onto one of the nodes instead. Installs fine, AMI BIOS and all. After a few > reboots, I noticed a few problems though. I recently replaced the old HDD/FDD > controller with a Promise caching controller. I've setup Norton's SpeedDisk > to defrag and reorder the HD on every boot. Now, after the second reboot > after the card change, I noticed a large number of files were missing, > strangely, almost exactly half the files. I ran CHKDSK /F, and found 2900+ > lost chains, almost exactly half the number of allocation units I had in use > before. No big deal, I will just re-install, but, who is the culprit? The new > controller card, or OpenDOS + SpeedDisk? Anyone else have this happen (I hope > not!). Any help would be great. Sounds like you are jumping to conclusions. Use the scientific method. Only change one variable at a time. That way you can cast blame on the proper thing. Unless you try it out like that, it will be difficult to tell exactly what caused the problem. It could be either one, or the combination of all that has caused the problem. I suggest reinstalling your stuff to disk, then trying the machine out without opendos. If it works ok, try out opendos. If it fries the machine, then reinstall and take out the Promise card. Run Opendos with the old card. Continue this until you find out what is causing the problem. Good luck. TTYL Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Question: Will Linus trash the Linux project when HURD comes out? I hope not.