On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 19:34:46 +0100, Joe B. wrote: >Now THAT's interesting. I have been using DW 2.1 for OS 9 and believe it >or not I just assumed, since I hadn't seen it mentioned anywhere lately, >that it had no OS X version. Well now I know. I've just ordered it for >OS X. Meanwhile- from what i can gather on the Alsoft web site, it SEEMS >to be saying that I can use the old version (2.1) on an OS X partition >and it iwll not harm the disk. It does use the words "no matter what >operating system". Do you think I can have a go with Disk Warrior 2.1 on >my OS X tiger partition?
In theory, yes. I've had no problems with 10.1 and 10.2... ...when I tried running the latest version of DW 2 on my iBook with Panther (10.3) last year it reported that 96% of my files had "clump errors". When I contacted Alsoft support they said: >A file's clump size is the amount a file grows when the size of its >contents are increased beyond its actual size. DiskWarrior repairs the >clump size which prevents the file from becoming excessively fragmented >and/or occupying additional disk space. However I chickened out and didn't rebuild the directory because there were so many files, and it worked fine ever since (until this week, when something not hard disk related happened). I actually had to boot the iBook in target disk mode and analyse it from my B&W because if I tried booting from the DW CD on the iBook it ran out of memory (at the time I had 384MB on the iBook and 768MB on the B&W)! I was also informed by DW support that DW 2.x will disable journalling, so you'd need to switch that back on if you did manage to rebuild. Neil -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
