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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!ellis!sip1
  3. From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
  4. Subject: Re: HPFS compatability with other OS's
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.173147.15672@midway.uchicago.edu>
  6. Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
  7. Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
  8. Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
  9. References: <enk2.66.727573011@po.cwru.edu> <1993Jan22.145251.18157@njitgw.njit.edu>
  10. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:31:47 GMT
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  13. In article <1993Jan22.145251.18157@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
  14. >They might get an APPLICATION to read the volume, though.  Writing
  15. >would be problematic, since OS/2 would sense the changed disk as an
  16. >abnormal shutdown and would require you to run CHKDSK on it before
  17. >booting again.
  18.  
  19. HPFS uses a "dirty flag" to determine when to run CHKDSK at startup,
  20. so this wouldn't be a problem.
  21.  
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  23. Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, available from
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  25. Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
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