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Re: NDIR bug with 4gb drives?

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From: James Borchart
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 00:00
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Yes, this definitely works.  I have a bunch of elite 9's and
found that I had to get the new NDIR.


In article <3198fdc8.26632857@news.execpc.com>,
emjay@execpc.com (Tom Kustner) wrote:
>My colleague walked over the other day, showed me a piece of paper,
>and said, "Can you explain this?".
>
>What he showed me was the end of an NDIR listing done for all the
>subdirectories on one of our volumes, which is a Seagate Barracuda
>(4.3GB) drive.
>
>The last two lines of the listing are this:
>
>3,767,801,107 total bytes in     7663 files 
>2,172,874,752 total bytes in 530847 blocks
>
>The bytes number associated with the number of files matches VOLINFO,
>etc.
>
>The bytes number for blocks is much less and makes no sense, given
>that the number of bytes for the blocks is always greater than the
>number for the files (slack bytes, etc.).
>
>I searched http://www.dejanews.com to see if others have had this
>problem.  A couple hits came up, both of them regarding sparse files.
>We don't have sparse files here - I have double-checked using the
>COUNT command of ARCserve, which I have previously used to find a
>sparse file.  
>
>I have since come across something documented at
>http://netwire.novell.com (dcoument id 21162) which states a "bug"
>with NDIR and large drives.  The way to get the correct info is to use
>the NDIR from NetWare 4.x.
>
>This is a very minor issue, but can we use the NDIR from NetWare 4.x
>successfully (without corrupting anything)?  Being overly-cautious and
>slightly paranoid?  Guilty as charged.  But I'm wondering if others
>had seen this problem and used the NDIR from NetWare 4.x (which the
>document says is much bigger than the old one).  Thanks for any help.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Tom Kustner                   Emjay Corporation    
>System/LAN Administrator      725 W. Glendale Ave.
>Email: emjay@execpc.com       Glendale, WI  53209-6509  USA
>Phone: (414) 961-0650         
>Fax #: (414) 961-1649         Any opinions are mine and not Emjay's.
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From: james@winternet.com (James Borchart)
Subject: Re: NDIR bug with 4gb drives?
Date: 1996/05/15
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