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From: exodus@uop.edu (G.Onufer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: I just read a note that says not to run park with a hard disk wi...
Message-ID: <929@uop.edu>
Date: 21 Jan 88 17:41:02 GMT
References: <8801201456.AA03282@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: UoP-- Sun Lab Administration
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Summary: Just common sense

In article <8801201456.AA03282@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, FORTNEY@FNALB.BITNET writes:
>      A recent note warns not to run PARK with a hard disk window open.
> Can someone explain the problem.  I've been doing this for some time
> with no ill effect that I can see.  Of course I only do it when shutting
> down.

Well, if a window for a hard drive partition is open, the desktop will try
to read the directory for that partition when the PARK program exits.

And if the desktop tries hard enough, you may undo the park process.  Enough
seeks _will_ unpark the head on certain drives (on my micropolis, anyways).



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