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- From: jamie@cdevil.unx.sas.com (James Cooper)
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- Subject: Re: How to tell if A4000 has OFS or FFS
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- Date: 13 Nov 92 22:07:15 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.205454.22735@ra.msstate.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov13.205454.22735@ra.msstate.edu>, skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls) writes:
- >Okay, I finally got the A4000 and have installed the networking software
- >so that I can transfer the files from the A3000. But I don't want to do
- >anything until I find out if the HD is one of the ones that is formatted
- >wrong. HDToolbox says that the filesystem is "custom" and I can't figure
- >out what the hell that means.
- >
- >Anyone have any ideas?
-
- Don't worry about what HDToolBox says. The OFS/FFS issue is determined
- by the AmigaDOS FORMAT command. Just do a
-
- format drive devname: name whatever FFS
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- on the drive before you start the copy, and everything should be fine.
- This way, you can be sure it is right, whether you got one of the "bad"
- ones or not...
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- Jim Cooper
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