Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 21:23:54 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: gw@hurleys.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dos defrag question Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961111212214.24357C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9611110843.D57Yb@hurleys.com>
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On Mon, 11 Nov 1996 gw@hurleys.com wrote: > > > I just bought your freebsd2.1.5. It will do what I want it to do. I hope > somehow, I can return some of the favor to your organization for the > effort you put into it. > > I am in the beginning stage of the installation. You ask me to defrag the > hard drive before creating a partition. I have many unmovable blocks-too > many it seems that are randomly dispersed throughout the disk. (I have a > very large block that appears to be virtual memory-I think that I can deal > with that) The 'unmovable' blocks are often caused by hidden files. Use 'dir /ah' to locate the files and use 'attrib -h file' to remove the hidden bit. You will have these if you use commercial antivirus utilities like MicroSoft/Central Point/Norton AntiVirus which makes hidden checksum files. At one point CPAV had a command to delete them all -- it may still. > It may be easier for me to go and buy another hard drive for freebsd. That is the easiest way to go, IMHO. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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