Re: Is OS/2 a dead end?

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From: David Charlap
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:38

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In article <5JLqXB9w165w@tcscs.UUCP> zeta%tcscs@src.honeywell.com writes:
>With OS/2, when it reboots, particularly after a crash or unexpected
>shutdown, it takes upwards of 5 to 30 minutes depending on your hard drive
>size and configuration.

Only if you don't shut it down.  And that's CHKDSK doing the slowdown.
RUnning CHKDSK after a crash is something that DOS users should do as
well, IMO.  And I haven't had a system crash so bad that CTRL-ALT-DEL
couldn't get me out of it - CHKDSK doesn't have to run in that case.
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Subject: Re: Is OS/2 a dead end?
Keywords: So quoth Bill Gates
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