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echo: locsysop
to: Anthony May
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1993-12-30 07:18:02
subject: hpfs386

PE>> I just got given hpfs386!.zip, which is a collection of
 PE>> files that were obtained from BBS's, to give you a complete
 PE>> hpfs386.  I am planning on installing it on Saturday, so
 PE>> that I've got all Sunday to piece little bits of the system
 PE>> together again.  The file is available for download, and if
 PE>> someone else wants to give it a go before I do (someone who
 PE>> has backups preferably), and let me know how they go, that
 PE>> would be good.

 AM> I hate to scare you, but I read recently that something to do with the
 AM> chkdsk utility for hpfs386 can trash non hpfs386 formatted partitions,
 AM> or something like that.  I also don't think IBM recommends it for normal
 AM> useage.

Yeah, I've gotten rid of AUTOCHECK, and I don't run CHKDSK.  If I want to
do that, I will reboot under HPFS16.  As for IBM not recommending it,
they're as full of shit as the rest who told me it doesn't improve
performance.  BFN.

Paul

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