Hi Sparky, > Why dosn't chkdsk support fat 32 yet? i have an IBM XT that had FAT32 > DRIVES AND i cannot check them for errors >< i have to pull it out and > check them on my newer machines ><!
Because chkdsk aims to be very much like the DOS version, so it has to run with very little RAM and 16 bit CPU etc. And indeed your problem was on IBM XT, so you could not run DOSFSCK on it. Still impressive that you can plug a drive big enough to make FAT32 worthwhile into that XT. Maybe an early 8 or 16 bit ISA IDE controller with BIOS extension to support 500 MB, 8 GB or even 128 GB disks? Eric PS: It surprises me that even current Ubuntu does not let you run DOSFSCK interactively with any sort of GUI. Some friend recently had issues with his FAT32 USB disk and I had to teach him how to run DOSFSCK in a terminal to fix. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
