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In article <8C6942F.005D000280.uuout@interzone.apana.org.au> tetsuo@interzone.apana.org.au (TETSUO) writes:
>From: tetsuo@interzone.apana.org.au (TETSUO)
>Subject: Re: reinstallation
>Date: Sat, 17 Aug 96 17:51:00 -0700

>-> But the end result is - I installed the system on a 800mb FAT drive - I'm
>-> now keen to explore HPFS as I've been told on a system with a fair bit of
>-> RAM (i.e. >16mb) it will give a further boost to performance as well as
>-> getting away from FAT.

hpfs according to the book will use 512kb extra ram


>You're nuts!

nice of you to say so

>I've explored HPFS. IT doesn't give "performance boosts" or whatever, it's 
only>advantage is that it has a better way of organising files so they dont get
>fragmented, and it puts the allocation table in the Middle of the disk instead
>of the centre. FAT under OS/2 is "SUPER-FAT" and has alot of improvements over

please tell us more about "super fat" I havn't read about it anywhere!

>the Default FAT under DOS which give it better performance.

>FAT is usable under OS/2, DOS, Win, Win95, WinNT, Linux and even Macs can
>read/write to it with the driver installed! I really cannot see a single
>argument that outwieghs the FAT vs HPFS in favour of HPFS. Really? C'mon, all

what about allocation unit size,  I have a 2.1gb disk running hpfs and the 
allocation unit size is 512b,  if it was formatted fat the allocation unit 
would be 32kb.  I would lose about 500mb of disk.

On my system it seems to run faster!

>the advantages of HPFS don't add up to anything when 
compared to the>multi-platform compatibility you get with FAT. Even on a speed 
scale you wont>find any noticable difference.

>Under FAT, I can boot to Win95 or OS2. I didnt install "Just ADD", no need. The
>system runs smooth. I agree OS/2 is really made for pentiums. I had a 486-66
>with 32 megs of RAM and Warp still was unbearable. When i got a pentium I
>saw Warp in a whole new light. Still, I mainly use Win95 for stuff like
>Photoshop, Corel, Quark Xpress etc. If I could run Win95 apps from OS2 i
>probably would, though Win95 has been very stable for me recently. I found that
>the only things that bugger up Win95's stability is when you install other
>programs, such as Norton (SYMANTEC) apps.

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