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Article #1224Re: CATS - *THANKS* (FFS), also more info on bug in Format, also nd.
From: Andy Finkel
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 00:54
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 00:54
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In article <8909112131.AA05003@postgres.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
> It turns out that by specifying enough buffers (~100 in this case),
> all the side sectors get cached and the FFS no longer needs to go to disk
> to scan them. So, thanks CATS for not caching data sectors!
or thanks, Stve Beats :-)
> Bug in format: Apparently Format reads block 0 of the disk before
> it does anything. Apparently if I put 'DOS\1' all through block 0
Actually, bug in the version of the FastFileSystem you have; its
fixed in the WB 1.3.2 distribution.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: CATS - *THANKS* (FFS), also more info on bug in Format, also nd. Message-ID: <7878@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 12 Sep 89 00:54:11 GMT References: <8909112131.AA05003@postgres.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 21