[Info-vax] VMS defragmenters

[Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER]

In article <zf0mbSCtiTE2 at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>In article <00A8A533.B575173B at SendSpamHere.ORG>,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>> 
>> $ COPY VMB.EXE and then delete the original.  Happy rebooting.
>
>   I think VMB.EXE and some of the other files have a need to a pixed
>   id in the index, or a fixed header location (which may be the same),
>   that's not the same as not being able to move the content.

That is why WRITEBOOT.EXE was written ;-)
And if you COPY (/CONTIGOUS) the VMB.EXE, then you need to use it again
(to update the bootblock with the location of the bootloader image)...

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Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTÖGER
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