Russell, at 06:04 on May 23 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Same here.  If the auto chkdsk finds problems here, it has always been 
BG> able to fix them on its own, and I've lost nothing either.  Not once.

RB> OK, let me have a go. 

You'd be joking, wouldn't you?

RB> I seem to have a reputation for trashing partitions, drives and 
RB> motherboards. I'll see what I can do  & report back later.

Can't for the life of me imagine why that might be, Russ.

RB> How much time have I got;-)

Oh, about 3 seconds to live, if you ever touch MY computer.  :)

db>> Apart from the inconvenience of not being able to easily access 'em from
db>> DOS boot floppies, I'm now pretty damn comfortable with the HPFS file 
db>> system.

RB> Can't an OS/2 boot floppy be made to just access a HPFS drive at
RB> Command prompt level (instead of the GUI level)

Absolutely, as long as you load the HPFS.IFS file system from it.

BG> I have this German ute called HPFS4DOS, and when run from the DOS CLI 
BG> (there's a Windows version too, but I've never tried it), it allows FULL 
BG> read and write access to ALL HPFS drives and partitions.

RB> Yes, Please

File-attached via David's.  At least I know you'll get it there.  :)

db>> As Doug said - in rare cases (hasn't bit me yet, but I'm in no rush to 
db>> experience, either!).

RB> I'll do it for you.

Look out, David.  Better check your stocks of garlic and crucifixes!

Regards, Bill

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