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From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: InstallHD & Prod_prep (WB 2.03)
Message-ID: <22206@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 6 Jun 91 15:50:26 GMT
References: <SJK.91Jun5000620@aura.nbn.com>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
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Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <SJK.91Jun5000620@aura.nbn.com> sjk@aura.nbn.com writes:
>    readrdb
>    readfs l:fastfilesystem version 103 dostype 0x444f5301
>    reselect off
>    writerdb
>    quit
>
>Is this non-destructive to user data currently on SCSI drive unit 6?
>Gee, I wonder what was changed/fixed in FastFileSystem.  

yes, its non-destructive.  It reads the rigid disk block,
modifies it, and sames it out again.

Oh, is there doc on Prod_prep available?  If I pay CATS $75?

No.  It's not meant for users.  It has no UI to speak of.  HDtoolBox can do
what prod_prep does, but with a GUI.

			andy
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