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- From: alexis@panix.com (Alexis Rosen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
- Subject: Re: Chicken and egg syndrome..
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.085558.22333@panix.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 08:55:58 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.152616.14399@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
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- halpin@xcalbr.dsg.dec.com (Steve Halpin) writes:
- >Its been a while since I installed 2.0.1 (still evaluating the CD-ROM
- >drive situtation before going to 3.0) but I recall that I was given
- >a choice among a few options, and I chose it at that point, without
- >the option of entering a new one. I thought the way the Berkeley
- >file system was layed out when it was first created defined the
- >geometry the system would use for that drive. Can updating the
- >geometry after the fact give you any gain?
-
- Not without "newfs"ing the partition. But tunefs will affect it.
-
- >Also, I picked up a new 400MB Quantum drive for 3.0. Am I better
- >off using Silverlining to format it and put down a new file system
- >on it using 2.0.1 from my other drive so that I do get the geometry
- >right from day one, or am I better off using all the Apple formatting
- >provided with 3.0? -Steve
-
- For best results, edit etc/disktab and use newfs under 2.0.1. For easiest
- aceptable results, use 3.0's setup stuff.
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