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From: Boyd Roberts <boyd@strakt.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: ideal plan9 laptop
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:13:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C5926C9.B82035D4@strakt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020130163357.531D619992@mail.cse.psu.edu>

forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk wrote:
>           Since other operating systems do not guarantee that system
>           files are laid out contiguously, the CHAPPEND mode bit is
>           set in file stat information only when the file is currently
>           contiguous.  Attempts to set the CHAPPEND mode bit explic-
>           itly will cause dossrv to try to make the file contiguous,
>           succeeding only if this is possible.

Thanks for the info.

That is awful.  It also explains why my 9load crashed and burned; it not
being contiguous, perchance?

I shall try again.

Those VAIOs will come 'round to 'my way of thinking'.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-01-31 11:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-01-30 16:31 forsyth
2002-01-30 16:46 ` Matt H
2002-01-31 11:13 ` Boyd Roberts [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-01-31 15:52 Russ Cox
2002-01-31 16:15 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-01-31 14:14 Russ Cox
2002-01-31 14:20 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-01-31 15:48 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-01-30 17:50 Russ Cox
2002-01-30 12:37 jmk
2002-01-30 14:49 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-01-25 15:22 [9fans] " Boyd Roberts
2002-01-25 22:19 ` [9fans] " Jim Choate
2002-01-28 11:13   ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-01-28 13:18     ` Jim Choate
2002-01-30  6:24       ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-01-30 11:34         ` Boyd Roberts
2002-01-25 15:18 [9fans] " andrey mirtchovski
2002-01-25 22:18 ` [9fans] " Jim Choate
2002-01-28 11:13   ` ozan s yigit
2002-01-28 12:46     ` Matt H

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