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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: Even Yet Another WB1.4 Request
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Date: 16 Nov 89 19:08:25 GMT
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In article <4109@nigel.udel.EDU> JAGBDCD%PANAM.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu writes:
>   I was wondering if it would be possible to provide something to check the
> integrity of a hard drive along the lines of the UNIX fsck program.

Yes it is.

In article <4197@nigel.udel.EDU> new@udel.edu (Darren New) writes:
>I'm about to send a program to Bob Page that will force AmigaDOS to 
>validate your disk.

Validation is not sufficient, you need to fix the structure of the disk.
Several people have written these, DiskSalv and the MDFixer program for
MicroBotics disk come to mind. Dave has mentioned he is looking at an
"in place" fixer which is what fsck is. 

--Chuck McManis
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