Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-30 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Luchezar Georgiev schreef: Yes, DOSFSCK 2.10 (27.I.2004) works for small FAT32 volumes only. For example, it works for my 2000 MB FAT32 volume, but for my 25 GB FAT32 volume, it says: Checking whether we can access the last sector of the filesystem Seek to 26551170560:No error But I think this

Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-30 Thread Luchezar Georgiev
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:20:49 +0200, Bernd Blaauw wrote: problem is DOSFSCK cannot do this yet. it is broken for at least FAT32. Yes, DOSFSCK 2.10 (27.I.2004) works for small FAT32 volumes only. For example, it works for my 2000 MB FAT32 volume, but for my 25 GB FAT32 volume, it says: Checking w

Re: Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-30 Thread Luchezar Georgiev
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:48:20 +0200, Aitor wrote: If we can live without a true SMARTDRV, we can live without a true SCANDISK too. The case is not comparable either. I seem to recall (Alain was it you?) that it was mentioned copyright issues over the label "SMARTDRV", but I don't think there is

Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-30 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Johnson Lam schreef: On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:20:49 +0200, you wrote: Hi, problem is DOSFSCK cannot do this yet. it is broken for at least FAT32. CHKDSK also. there does not exist a single CHKDSK/SCANDISK which can run on 16bit processors AND support FAT32. there does not exist a single CHKDS

Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-30 Thread Johnson Lam
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:20:49 +0200, you wrote: Hi, >problem is DOSFSCK cannot do this yet. it is broken for at least FAT32. CHKDSK also. >basically this means 3 programs: > >[1]*CHKDSK >[2]*CHKDSK + GUI, call it SCANDISK (or whatever you prefer) >[3]*DOSFSCK > >[1] requires 8086 but is limited

Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-30 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Johnson Lam schreef: If DOSFSCK can do the job similar or better than SCANDISK, then we don't need to insist on the name. For me, I think using the name DOSFSCK is better because it's NOT a direct replacement of SCANDISK. problem is DOSFSCK cannot do this yet. it is broken for at least FAT32. It'

Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-30 Thread Johnson Lam
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:48:20 +0200, you wrote: Sorry for breaking in ... >The case is not comparable either. I seem to recall (Alain was it you?) that it was >mentioned copyright issues over the label "SMARTDRV", but I don't think there is any >over "SCANDISK" (I may be wrong). I'll think this

RE: Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-30 Thread aitor . sm
>Of course! Neither do we call LBACACHE a SMARTDRV, don't we? >If we can live without a true SMARTDRV, we can live without a true >SCANDISK too. The case is not comparable either. I seem to recall (Alain was it you?) that it was mentioned copyright issues over the label "SMARTDRV", but I don

Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-29 Thread Luchezar Georgiev
I disagree here: the important thing is to get the job done. After that if there is a nice interface, it can be great, but not essencial. In DR-DOS you only have one CHKDSK without UI. Why is the focus of scandisk on the interface I cannot imagine, even to the point of someone making an empty i

Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-29 Thread Aitor Santamaría Merino
Alain escribió: I disagree here: the important thing is to get the job done. After that if there is a nice interface, it can be great, but not essencial. In DR-DOS you only have one CHKDSK without UI. Why is the focus of scandisk on the interface I cannot imagine, even to the point of someone

Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-29 Thread Alain
Aitor Santamari'a Merino escreveu: Luchezar Georgiev escribio': On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:08:32 -0300, Alain wrote: about fat32 testing: I believe a working DOSFSCK 2.10 just what is needed (not what is whished for). Actually, I agree! If Eric can say "FreeDOS SMARTDRV is LBACACHE", why not s

Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-26 Thread Aitor Santamari'a Merino
Luchezar Georgiev escribio': On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:08:32 -0300, Alain wrote: about fat32 testing: I believe a working DOSFSCK 2.10 just what is needed (not what is whished for). Actually, I agree! If Eric can say "FreeDOS SMARTDRV is LBACACHE", why not say "FreeDOS SCANDISK is DOSFSCK"? ;-)

Re: [Freedos-devel] SCANDISK vs DOSFSCK

2004-03-26 Thread Luchezar Georgiev
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:08:32 -0300, Alain wrote: about fat32 testing: I believe a working DOSFSCK 2.10 just what is needed (not what is whished for). Actually, I agree! If Eric can say "FreeDOS SMARTDRV is LBACACHE", why not say "FreeDOS SCANDISK is DOSFSCK"? ;-) DOSFSCK is not a SCANDISK, but