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- From: mlanett@Apple.COM (Mark Lanett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: # of files
- Message-ID: <71710@apple.Apple.COM>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 04:16:19 GMT
- References: <BtH43M.GvM@iat.holonet.net> <1992Aug24.111456.20439@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <BtLr5D.Hy7@iat.holonet.net>
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- kellys@orac.holonet.net (Kelly Schwarzhoff) writes:
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- >Is there anyway to get around this limit? I have a 600MB drive and have it
- >formatted so that each block is 10k and can't find a way to have smaller
- >blocks. Is the limit of 2^16 due to the operating software or just the
- >software that formats the drive.
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- >The reason I'm asking this is that we're setting up a large FirstClass BBS
- >software and it stores every message as a file and you cannot have the
- >messages in seperate volumes / partitions. I'm running System 7.0 on a IIfx.
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- Not that I'm aware of, but you can always partition the drive anyway and stick
- the non-messages on the other partition. That should drop it to 5K or so.
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- Mark Lanett, NOT speaking for anyone. Personal opinion only.
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