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- From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: 1.2, 1.3, 2.04, and FastFileSystem
- Message-ID: <34629@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 02:58:16 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.010049.58378@cc.usu.edu>
- Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
- Lines: 24
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- slbfn@cc.usu.edu writes:
- > I have heard that AmigaDOS versions 1.2 and 1.3 can NOT read the new
- > FastFileSystem included in AmigaDOS 2.04
- >
- > My A3000 came with everything pre-formated and everything. Under
- > HDToolBox, it says that both partitions are formated with the FastFileSystem.
- >
- > BUT, when I load Kickstart 1.3 off the Super Kickstart Disk (I have 2.0 ROMs)
- > and boot with my Mavis Beacon disk (which is OS version 1.2) I still have
- > access to both Hard Drive partitions. What gives? It appears to me that
- > 1.2 is reading the FastFileSystem (confirmed with HDToolBox).
-
- You can use 2.0x FFS partitions under 1.3 because a copy of the
- 2.04 filesystem is stored on the disk itself along with the partitioning
- information. This makes it relatively easy to transfer a disk between
- machines (or even controllers).
-
- --
- "Rev on the redline, you're on your own; seems like a lifetime, but soon it's
- gone..." Foreigner
- -
- Randell Jesup, Jack-of-quite-a-few-trades, Commodore Engineering.
- {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com BIX: rjesup
- Disclaimer: Nothing I say is anything other than my personal opinion.
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