tlz@drutx.UUCP (04/09/87)
Several days after recovering after my crash whith GEMBOOT
installed, I discovered trashed sectors that I don't think
GEMBOOT had anything to do with. In fact, I'm fairly
convinced that my crash had nothing to do with GEMBOOT at all,
but was rather GEMBOOT _reacting_ to bogus stuff on my disk that
I was not aware of at the time (things looked OK from the desktop,
but that is far too casual a way of inspecting the integrity of a disk!).
This garbage was probably lying around, backed up on my Meg-a-minute
dackup disks) from the "old days", before
GEMBOOT came along. So, I've cleaned up my disk (zeroed the directories
and started over), reinstalled GEMBOOT and am doing my civic
duty of testing it some more. So far things are OK, but one night
does not a test make.
MORAL: 1. Make sure your disk is squeeky clean before you start
using GEMBOOT or your wasting your time.
2. Make sure your disk is squeeky clean before you back it
up.
3. Periodically check the disk to make sure its still
squeeky clean.
As far as Supra's comment about GEMBOOT being "bad", who
knows. Maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong. Can't
trust anybody in this business anymore. The only sure bet is
to keep pounding on this stuff, reporting the results
and rebuilding trashed disks.
Sorry for accusing GEMBOOT but trashed disks have a way of making
people irrational. But then again, the story isn't finished, either....