Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!orstcs!nomad From: nomad@orstcs.cs.ORST.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Hard Drive dir problem Message-ID: <216700014@orstcs> Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 18:15:00 EDT Article-I.D.: orstcs.216700014 Posted: Tue Jul 7 18:15:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 07:07:00 EDT References: <3774@garfield.UUCP> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:garfield.UUCP:-377400:orstcs:216700014:000:789 Nf-From: orstcs.cs.ORST.EDU!nomad Jul 7 15:15:00 1987 One problem you might be having is that PC-DOS seems to store information internally. The first time I do a dir on my st238 (30mb) drives it lists all the files in that dir, then spins the disk for a while to get the remaining space. (prints the listing, but stops at the "available" flag and spins until it counts bits I guess). After that, it knows so it doesn't rescan at that point. All of this is conjecture based on observed delays and in no way reflects any other information. (In other words, it's all guess work.) nomad@orstcs ------------------------- LEE DAMON FidoNet: 152/201 (The Castle) - (503) 757-8841 nomad@cs.orst.edu CSnet: nomad@cs.orst.edu "Real soon now!" UUCP : {hp-pcd,tektronix}!orstcs!nomad "I've gone out and I don't think I'm expected back."