From: MORRIS JP <jpmorris AT csm DOT uwe DOT ac DOT uk>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:06:35 GMT
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Subject: Re: [opendos]  How safe is diskopt?
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> From mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Sat Feb 15 05:03:52 1997
> From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 00:03:42 -0500 (EST)
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> To: MORRIS JP <jpmorris AT csm DOT uwe DOT ac DOT uk>
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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?
> 

No.  DR-DOS cannot multitask.  Besides, I wouldn't be _that_ stupid!

> 
> Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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> 
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