AmigaOS3.5 (938/968)

From:Kevin tiernan
Date:31 Jan 2000 at 21:12:50
Subject:Re: Re: OS 3.5 FAQ v1.0

From: "Kevin tiernan" <the-elf@elfnet.co.uk>

> From: Don Cox <doncox@enterprise.net>
>
> On 30-Jan-00, James Hays wrote:
>
> > I've been using PFS since version 2, and as someone else said, it
> > is a must. With PFS, you can shock your PC and Mac friends by shutting
> > off your Amiga in the middle of a write process, only to have it
> > reboot without a hitch. :) This feature alone makes it worth the
> > price.
>
> How about the file you were writing? Is it partly saved, or totally
> missing?

Its still there IIRC there are always two copies availabe to the FS during
a write. the first is writtern to a temp position and this is later copied
to the prober position. so if one write fails the other will still be there
for the FS to use.

Kevin Tiernan IRC:the-elf on ARCnet #Amiga ICQ:14216328
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