From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 08:30:44 -0500 (EST)
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To: Cleto Pescia <cleto AT e-link DOT ch>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] Controller card or Norton's SpeedDisk eat files w/ OpenDOS?
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On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Cleto Pescia wrote:

> > > 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...

Are you multitasking?  Either way, it could be a bug in EMM386.

> > #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...

Hmmm.  Strange.

> > 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.

I think I'll just not defrag my disk except when in DOS 6.22 then.
Sounds like the safe route to me.
Thanks for the info.
TTYL

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