cscbrkac@charon.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble) (06/24/88)
> what does DDD Pro do when i select 'optimize a disk' ??? > i wont try it out on my harddisk... > a documentation would be nice to have. > -- > Heiko Blume When most disk packers "optimize a disk" they go through the the Volume Bit Map and look for *all* the blocks that are marked as "not in use", then they fill the unused blocks with $00s. This removes the remnants of any deleted files and allows the disk to pack up smaller. There's no reason to do this on your hard disk. It won't improve its performance any. If you get me a domain-based address, Heiko, I'll see if I can scratch up a copy of the DDD Pro docs for you. (mumblefoo.UUCP is NOT a domain address... mumblefoo.baz.com is.) -- Lazlo Nibble (cscbrkac@charon.unm.edu)
SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (06/27/88)
>If you get me a domain-based address, Heiko, I'll see if I can scratch up a >copy of the DDD Pro docs for you. (mumblefoo.UUCP is NOT a domain address... >mumblefoo.baz.com is.) Reaching UUCP addresses can be an adventure. Many UUCP sites do not have domain addresses (at least not simple ones). I'm not sure about European gateways from the Internet to UUCP, but you are at a BITNET gateway, so you should be able to use: Heiko Blume <tub!tmpmbx!netmbx!blume@DDOINF6.BITNET> or <lll-winken!pyramid!tub!netmbx!blume@PSUVAX1.BITNET> and probably <blume%netmbx.UUCP@DDOINF6.BITNET> On the other hand - # DOMAIN: blume@netmbx.UUCP BITNET: ( mixed } is meaningless as a domain, and netmbx is NOT a BITNET site, so the reference implying some sort of UUCP-BITNET combination is inaccurate. Most BITNET mailers will accept blume@netmbx.UUCP as an address automatically routed to a UUCP gateway that will generate a UUCP path with special software, but that's not a general address by any means. --------------------- Disclaimer: --- My employer isn't responsible for my mistakes AND vice-versa! (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu Murphy A. Sewall BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin. UUCP: {rutgers psuvax1 ucbvax & in Europe - mcvax} Univ. of Connecticut !UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL "It might help if we ran the MBA's out of Washington." - Adm Grace Hopper