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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 9GB SCSI II Controller Card for the A3000?
- Date: 18 Feb 1996 00:18:33 +0100
- Organization: dis-
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- References: <1f7_9602041301@ima.infomail.com> <DMIJon.231@unx.sas.com> <1480.6617T512T1869@mt-inc.com> <600.6619T745T79@norconnect.no> <1106.6620T1091T755@Redrobe.demon.co.uk>
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- Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike) writes:
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- >>I believe that AFS can handle -> 9GB HD's as one partition?
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- >AFS can I think... but AmigaDOS is the problem....
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- No. AmigaDOS just limits file sizes to 2GB but it hasn't much to
- do with partitions. The disk size limit are the drivers and currently
- you can only avoid it for SCSI drives by sending direct SCSI commands.
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- >Similar prob with filename lengths:
- >AFS can do 255chars (internally) ... AmigaDos limits it to 107...or is it 31?
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- A filename is limited to 107 chars and a path is limited to 255 chars.
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- Regards,
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- Michael van Elst
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