Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!UCVAX.ULSTER.AC.UK!NETWORK From: NETWORK@UCVAX.ULSTER.AC.UK Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: problem with file limit Message-ID: <8801212339.AA13764@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 20 Jan 88 10:47:37 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Brian Beesley (Univ of Ulster) Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 20 Well, David Wright's explanation did make it back this side of the pond... As I understand it, certain critical files *must* be contiguous i.e. only 1 allocation area. These include INDEX.SYS and QUOTA.SYS If you let your disk get horrendously fragmented you will probably find you can't set up quota entries for new users as well as other side effects. Once you get into this state you're going to HAVE to do the image backup/restore to fix it. Keeping the disk less than 80% full helps delay the problem developing. If you're not too bad to start with it might be worth trying one of the defraggers but I'd suggest knocking on wood, crossing fingers and doing a backup (just in case) first... Brian Beesley SCO Data Comms Univ of Ulster