[gentoo-user] Re: [Waaay OT] Defrag tool for windoze

2010-11-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-11-16, J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: spinrite claims to make the head do other things than what the drive firmware makes it do. I'm afraid I'll have to call bullshit on that. I don't see how some bit of PC software can make a drive head move. The firmware on the drive

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [Waaay OT] Defrag tool for windoze

2010-11-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 17:34 on Tuesday 16 November 2010, Grant Edwards did opine thusly: On 2010-11-16, J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: spinrite claims to make the head do other things than what the drive firmware makes it do. I'm afraid I'll have to call bullshit on

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [Waaay OT] Defrag tool for windoze

2010-11-16 Thread Mick
On 16 November 2010 16:20, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 17:34 on Tuesday 16 November 2010, Grant Edwards did opine thusly: On 2010-11-16, J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: spinrite claims to make the head do other things than what the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [Waaay OT] Defrag tool for windoze

2010-11-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 16 November 2010 16:20:37 Alan McKinnon wrote: for several reasons, first being that the thing is written in assembler. Ah! Come back 1974 - all is forgiven :-) -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.

[gentoo-user] Re: [Waaay OT] Defrag tool for windoze

2010-11-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-11-16, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 17:34 on Tuesday 16 November 2010, Grant Edwards did opine thusly: On 2010-11-16, J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: spinrite claims to make the head do other things than what the drive

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [Waaay OT] Defrag tool for windoze

2010-11-16 Thread BRM
- Original Message From: Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com Apparently, though unproven, at 17:34 on Tuesday 16 November 2010, Grant Edwards did opine thusly: On 2010-11-16, J. Roeleveld