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- From: gnoer1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Geoffrey J. Noer)
- Subject: Re: Large disks -> large block sizes?
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- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:03:43 GMT
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- In article <2978@accucx.cc.ruu.nl>, creon@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (M.Voswinkel.)
- writes:
- >
- > Hi all.
- >
- > We just connected a 1.3GB hard disk to a Mac, to find
- > that the minimum file size is 21k. The disk was formatted
- > with silverlining.
- >
- > Is this a limitation of the Mac OS or just a problem with
- > silverlining? Does anyone know of a formatting utility that
- > allows for smaller block sizes?
-
- Check the Silverlining manual--it has a lot of good information about this.
- If you don't own Silverlining, buy it as it is a great formatter/drive
- utility and is well worth the money.
-
- Basically, partitioning the drive into smaller chunks would be one (the
- only?) way to make small block sizes.
-
- ------------
- Geoffrey J. Noer gnoer1@cc.swarthmore.edu
- Disclaimer: I don't speak for anyone but
- myself.
-