From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 00:03:42 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: Re: [opendos]  How safe is diskopt?
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On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, MORRIS JP wrote:

> 
> Does anyone know how safe the disk optimser is for OpenDOS?
> 
> I have heard that there are 'uncrashable' ones that keep your data intact even
> if a power failure occurs.
> 
> Reason...
> 
> While I was still using DR-DOS, I optimised one of my disks and went to do
> something else.  Imagine my dismay when I switched on the monitor and saw
> the message:
> 
> EMM386: write attempted to BDOS kernel

Were you multitasking at the time?


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