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- From: n4010554 <S.J.Richards@ncl.ac.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Diff between OS 3 and 3.1?
- Date: 17 Feb 1996 15:42:31 GMT
- Organization: Newcastle University
- Message-ID: <4g4t17$qo1@whitbeck.ncl.ac.uk>
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- In article <neilo-1702961725490001@d11-1.cpe.maroochydore.aone.net.au>, neilo@m140.aone.net.au (Neil O'Rourke) says:
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- >> > : |I run 3.1 in ROM and software in my A3000
- >> > : |25 and it works flawlessly.
- >> > : |However, NEVER use DC-FFS for hard drives. It is a feature
- >> > : |under 3.1 that just destroyed my Workbench partition!
- >> > : Um, isn't also available under 3.0?
- >> > Hmmm...care to elaborate? _How_ did DC-FFS trash your partition?
- >>
- >> Well,
- >> At bootup the system stopped and said "Version: Command failed"
- >> I typed version and it said Kickstart ver.40.68 Workbench ''
- >> failed.
- >> It was like Workbench itself, whatever that may be, was deleted.
- >> Also, random programs, such as commodities (click to front)
- >> would fail. Fortunately, I could still type LOADWB and get to
- >> the WB and copy over all my software, but I could not boot form
- >> the HD.
- >> Also, I would always get "Workbench has a read error on block
- >> xxxx" reports on bootup.
- >>
- >> I had to get the install disks and reinstall the OS!
- >>
- >> Stay away from DC-FFS on HDss!!!!!!!!!!
- >
- >I beg to differ here. We have 8 A4000's at work (some of them A4000T's)
- >and all partitions are DC-FFS. The older A4000's, with System 3.0, have
- >been running for over a year with no problems. We have hard disks in
- >these machines ranging from 300Mb IDE's to 4GByte SCSI's.
- >
- >Certainly, something nuked your partition. But don't blame the filesystem.
- >
- >Neil O'Rourke
- >neilo@m140.aone.net.au
- >
- >"We maintain plausable denial" - Cancer Man
-
-
- I agree also, DC FFS is on the whole a very good file system to use for your
- HD. It gives fast directory access and it is much more reliable than OFS.
- However, I would recommend investing in AFS, it gives super quick access,
- deleting, and writing. It also gives you an exta directory on your partition
- called ".deldir", going in there shows the last thirty files which you have deleted
- so you can then get back any accidently erased files. Also, AFS never gives
- a validation error, even when resetting when the HD is writing.
-
- Simon.
-
- ---> "Trust No-One" - Deep Throat.
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