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Date:	Sat, 25 Jan 2003 10:08:51 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: CHKDSK/SYS3175

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In <3E32B7A5.A55DB15B@attglobal.net>, on 01/25/03
at 08:53 AM, Harry Chris Motin said:

>Thanks for your reply. Yes, I am very certain that my boot diskettes are
>the same level as my OS. I spent a lot of time, a couple of years ago,

I figured they were. You tend to be thourough.

>I'm thinking that the problem may have to do with the amount of memory I
>have, versus the size of the partition that you are trying to CHKDSK. Let
>me give you some statistics on my system:

I recall these from the last thread.

Chkdsk shouldn't trap, but since you are running Warp4, you are running an
older version of chkdsk and newer versions might avoid the trap.

Here's a couple of things you can try none of which is sure to work.

If you have eCS, try the version of chkdsk*/uhpfs.dll on the CD. The is
effectively MCP1 level code. MCP2 and FP3 have further updates. FP3 is
available from the eCS website.

You might try installing the chkdsk.sys driver, although I don't think it
will solve your problem.

You can modify the diskettes to allocate a swap file. To do this, modify
the MEMMAN setting in config.sys and add a SWAPPATH statement.

You might find a MEMMAN setting that provides more address space to
chkdsk. Perhaps:

MEMMAN=NOSWAP,PROTECT

>I am aware that running CHKDSK from a fully up system is a little
>different than from floppies. The process is different (as evidenced by

It's not chkdsk that's different. It's that the kernel options are setup
differently.

>CHKDSK on a partition, while fully up and running, could be dangerous for
>the files on that partition.

It should not be. If the partition is in use, it will be locked and
chkdsk will not be able to make any changes.

Steven

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