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Date:	Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:06:56 PST8
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: CHKDSK/SYS3175

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Steven Levine wrote:
> 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

BOY! That Steven Levine, he sure knows his stuff!! I added a swapper
directory on F:\ and modified the MEMMAN line to be identical to my boot
CONFIG.SYS. As a result, the CONFIG.SYS on the bootable floppies now has
the following 2 lines:

MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT
SWAPPATH=F:\SWAPPER 20480 20480

I never knew that the CHKDSK program used the SWAPPER directory to help
it work with large partitions. Now, when I boot, using floppies, I can
quickly CHKDSK all of the drives except F:. Each CHKDSK takes only about
1 minute to complete (F:\ is locked, because of the callout to the
SWAPPER directory). And now, on the system CONFIG.SYS file with the
AUTOCHECK parameters modified to autocheck C:\, only, my system bootup
only takes 3 minutes!!

Svobi wrote:
> are you running a 16-bit or the newer 32-bit CHKDSK ?
> What are you CHKDSK files ?

> 2002/02/14 09:42:00 70720 C:\OS2\CHKDSK.COM
> 2001/10/02 18:32:00 147268 C:\OS2\DLL\CHKDSK32.DLL
> 2001/10/02 18:21:00 795 C:\OS2\BOOT\CHKDSK.SYS
> 2001/10/02 18:21:00 6417 C:\OS2\CHKDSK32.EXE

My CHKDSK system is as follows:

11/15/00 7:33p 70720 ----- C:\OS2\CHKDSK.COM
10/06/00 1:52p 6417 ----- C:\OS2\CHKDSK32.EXE
10/06/00 1:52p 795 ----- C:\OS2\BOOT\CHKDSK.SYS
10/06/00 2:03p 139227 ----- C:\OS2\DLL\CHKDSK32.DLL

On comparison to yours, my CHKDSK32.DLL file could be an older version,
compared to yours. You cannot tell by the dates, because, I believe, the
dates are when the files were installed on your computer. I'll have to
follow up on verifying the version/levels of the CHKDSK files and
updating them, if possible.

Both Steven and Svobi had some comments about using a BootOS2
maintenance partition. I'll have to read and understand both of your
conversations on this subject. I may eventually want to go that way.
Another consideration is to make a bootable CD. Now that I have RSJ, I
can go that way, too.

Once again, thanks for your help it correcting my CHKDSK problem!
HCM

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Steven Levine wrote:
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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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