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From: karl@sugar.hackercorp.com (Karl Lehenbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: v08i093: System V disk compactor
Keywords: packdisk pcc patches
Message-ID: <4373@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Date: 16 Oct 89 06:11:01 GMT
References: <69626@uunet.UU.NET> <1383@rebel.UUCP> <1989Oct14.130123.1067@pcrat.uucp>
Reply-To: karl@sugar.hackercorp.com (Karl Lehenbauer)
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston
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In article <1989Oct14.130123.1067@pcrat.uucp> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
writes warning about trying to use packdisk on 16-bit machines.

Thanks for mentioning that, I forgot.  Yes, 286 guys and such, this program
needs a good deal of scrutiny before using it on your filesystems.  Considering
all the hassle Microport had with 16-bit integer errors (restricting filesystems
to 32 MB), I'd be very careful indeed.
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