#: 19603 S1/General Interest
    15-Jan-94  11:36:32
Sb: problem with OS9K
Fm: Zack Sessions 71532,1555
To: all

I anyone aware of a known problem with using MS-DOS's DBLSPACE on a system
which is also running OS9K?

I have two hard drives now, a Conner 500M as drive C and a Seagate 120M as
drive D.

I have OS9K installed on drive D, which I can access and use just fine by
booting from the original installation floppy.

I can install MS-DOS on drive C and go back and for just fine.

UNTIL, I install DBLSPACE!!!! I can install DBLSPACE, create a compressed drive
E which uses free space on drive C and that works fine, UNTIL I then boot OS9K
with the installation floppy and run a directory command on /hd1.

With the VERY NEXT boot of MS-DOS, DBLSPACE refuses to mount drive E saying it
is too corrupted. And sure enough, the new 6.2 SCANDISK utility reports all
kinds of errors on BOTH drive C and E and the only recourse is to reformat and
start over with MS-DOS. OS9K's drive still appears to be unaffected and working
just fine.

Any thoughts, comments, ideas?

(Yes, I have just sent EMail to Microware's hotline, but don't expect a reply
until Monday or Tuesday.)


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