| From: | Kevin Twyman |
| Date: | 13 May 2000 at 20:35:36 |
| Subject: | Re: PFS2 - 3 Upgrade (Long) |
Hello Tim,
On 13-May-00, you wrote:
>> One thing I noticed was the loss of quite a lot of disk space once
>> a partition was converted to PFS. I assume this is the space taken
>> by the .deldir directory?
> The space isn't taken by the .deldir directory, it's taken by PFS3's
> internal directory blocks. PFS3 allocates these at format time,
> while FFS allocates them as it needs them. Although it may seem that
> the PFS3 partiton is smaller as a result, it will actually hold more
> data as the directory structure is more space efficient.
The main reason I noticed the effect was that I backed up my "Data"
partition, which was almost full, installed PFS on the partition, and
then copied the data back.
Only it wouldn't go, I got a "volume Data: is full" message.
PFS is definitely faster, though, and has installed with no problems.
One last thing, credit where it is due, that was excellent service
from you, Tim. I got the CD the morning after I rang you! :)
Regards,
Kevin - Est. 1949 http://www.theboyz.freeserve.co.uk
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