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bfw@calmasd.Prime.COM (Brian Wilson) writes:

> 11/30.  I missed it by a day.  What a bummer.  I am not even using the
> 2.0 version because the first time I tried to stack an existing disk
> it destroyed all my info.  The second time on my newlly formatted hard
> disk the stacked partition upset chkdsk very much.  I think the
> problem was with QEMM386.  They say they support it and everything,
> but I quit using QEMM and my third attempt to create a stacked
> partition was successful.  Unfortunately, after I loaded a 80 MB
> stacked partition with a lot of my data (compiler, games, mathmatica)
> I only got a 1.3 compression ratio and it wasn't worth the trouble.

From my experience Stacker won't work correctly when loaded high, which
might have been what caused your problem.

I have two hard drives on my system, so I stack the D drive and my
RAM disk. I put stuff that doesn't compress well, like GIF files, on
the C drive. Where Stacker really pays off for me is with Waffle.
Waffle is a BBS system that provides me with my Usenet news feed.
That is what I'm using now. With the various news group I read I end
up with several thousand small text files on my system, because each
article is a separate file. Stacker compresses these files about
5 to 1.

(If your mail bounces use the address below.)
Joel Upchurch/Upchurch Computer Consulting/718 Galsworthy/Orlando, FL 32809
joel@peora.ccur.com {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd,ucf-cs}!peora!joel (407) 859-0982