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- Subject: Re: Make directory longer?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.053634.1@acad.drake.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 11:36:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.063751.2129@netcom.com>, fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
- > Yes and no. I once created a disk that used tracks 17-19 for the
- > directory. I had to do all the work by hand, and then found that DOS
- > does *not* understand directories that are not on track 18 very well.
- > It will read them okay, but it will not properly create files in the
- > modified directory. It might be true that the files can be properly
- > created if the new directory sector is on track 18, but that's not very
- > useful. I recall write-protecting the disk after I created it, so that
- > it wouldn't eat itself. :)
-
- Okay, I tend to remember a guy on one of the BBSes I was on did something like
- this...
-
- First he wrote a small BASIC program to save junk files to the disk. These
- files were simply a copy of the program itself. But he made 144 of them (to
- fill up the directory track completely).
-
- Then he proceeded to copy track 18 to 17 (of course it
- didn't come out perfect 288 files, I think it gave more like 250 or so). He
- then sent a s0:* command to DOS. After it took its five and half hour to delete
- the files, he then went and connected the last block of 18 to the first block
- of track 17. He then modified one of the entries in block 18,1 to be a program
- which took up track 17 starting at 17,0.
-
- I don't know if validating that disk would kill it or not, but I do agree that
- it would run slow as can be. BUT if you need a LOT of little files, slow may be
- fine in exchange for $100 to go buy a 1581 or even an SFD.
-
- I hope someone out there can try this. I would, but my 64 is right now packed
- and ready to return to St.Louis after being in this cow farm WAY too long! ;)
-
- Tony Bossaller
- AGB001@acad.drake.edu
- ParaPsykotic (DSW)
-
- Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good Byte!
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