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- From: Mark Harden <mark@harden.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: "AFS" Ami-File Safe
- Date: Sat, 6 Apr 96 19:24:48 GMT
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- David Evans (devans@ccubb.com) wrote:
- : On Mon 1-Apr-1996 3:37p, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
- :
- : MS> DE>however! Large hard-drives! It seems to work (where FFS doesn't) on a
- : MS> DE>4 gig+ hard-drive. FFS will corrupt my 3rd partition (3 partition
- : MS> DE>drive) where AFS doesn't seem to have a problem at all.
- :
- : MS> FFS should also work an 4+gig drive, if you do not use partitions >2GB...
- : MS> the same is with AFS <=15.9
- :
- : MS> AFS16.15betads supports partitions >2GB through its direct scsi
- : MS> facility... However I couldnt test this out.... since I do not have that
- : MS> large hard drives...
- :
- : Hmmm.. How did you get 16.15 working. I tried loading the 16.15ds versions
- : and couldn't format my drives! Each format failed. I am using a fastlane
- : card... What controller are you using?
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- Check your MaxTransfer size. Their is a bug in the WorkBench format code that
- causes the machine to hang on format. The value should be divisable by 512.
- The last 2 hex digits should be 00.
-
- 17.2 Won't format by 16.15 should. It is VERY stable.
-
- Hope this helps...
-
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- Mark Harden - Keeper of the independant AFS FAQ..
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