[Info-vax] VMS defragmenters

[Bob Koehler]

In article <00A8A5D2.7C5F599E at SendSpamHere.ORG>,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> In article <00359f6b$0$19586$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>>VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>
>>> $ COPY VMB.EXE and then delete the original.  Happy rebooting.
>>
>>You forgot about MC WRITEBOOT before the rebooting :-)
> 
> No I didn't.  The exercise was to be one of academics. ;)

   Yes, but my point is that I'm pretty sure that the issues addressed
   by WRITEBOOT aren't exactly the same as those addressed by NOMOVE.

   There are certain reserved LBN known to IO$_MOVE that it won't move
   independent of whether NOMOVE is set or not, and an error code
   specific to an attempt to move these.  The pointers setup by
   WRITEBOOT probably use some of those LBN.