Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 22:25:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Cleto Pescia <cleto AT e-link DOT ch>
To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
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Subject: Re: [opendos] Controller card or Norton's SpeedDisk eat files w/ OpenDOS?
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> > I never got my SpeedDisk from the Norton Utilites 8.0 to work on my
> > Novell DOS 7 systems, so I suppose the same goes for OpenDOS 7.01.
> 
> Should we read that as #1 or #2?
> 
> #1 - NU8 speedisk trashes HD under Novell DOS 7

No, on my PCs NU8 SpeedDisk (SD) even *refuses* to start...

> #2 - You have a custom setup that didn't work under ND7 but did under
>      MSDOS.

Yes, before switching to ND7, SD 8.0 worked without problems on the same
machine. I gave up trying to get SD to work on ND7 because DISKOPT was
enough for me on that particular PCs...

> Just curious so I don't trash my HDD.

It might well be that with some tweaking you could get SD 8.0 to work on
OpenDOS.

Cleto Pescia
cleto AT eurisco DOT com