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Subject: Re: Disk Optimizer Software
Message-ID: <9912@cgl.ucsf.edu.ucsfcgl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Jul-86 19:58:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: cgl.9912
Posted: Fri Jul 11 19:58:22 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jul-86 06:20:58 EDT
Organization: Computer Graphics Laboratory, UCSF
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Summary: DOG may be one ...

In article <444@inuxh.UUCP> jnl@inuxh.UUCP (John Le) writes:
>> 
>>      I have several questions about disk optimizer software........
>> 
>>      3) Lastly, are there any GOOD public domain programs that can do
>>  	this operation?
>> 
>	I heard there's one call HARDDOG (sp?).  I don't have my hands
>	on it yet so I couldn't tell you how good it is.
>

I tried the optimizer called DOG (it's available via anonymous ftp in
the CC.GALVIN.PUBLIC directory on R20.UTEXAS.EDU) on my 20M hard disk
running DOS 2.1.  I have about 900 files and 15M used.  After preparing
a file (ORDER.DOG) that lists the order you wish the files to be ordered
after the optimization, I ran DOG.  It reported to be analysing the disk
then quit with an out of memory error.  I have 334K of free memory.  The
documentation indicates about 34 bytes is used for each file, so there
should have been plenty of memory.  This was version 1.0 so perhaps there
is a newer version.

If anyone else has any experience with this program, please let me know
-- 
	Don Kneller
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