Re: OS 8.1 & HFS+ THE ANSWER ?

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From: Simon Slavin
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:00

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In article <350BCF33.8238FFB3@barker-tech.demon.co.uk>,
Alan R Barker <alan@barker-tech.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Were you able to get 0.5K block sizes?
> I've used PlusMaker and can only get 1K
> blocks  - the same as the standad Mac tools give. I'm using a 5320 with a
> 1.2GB disk partitioned into 4 equal chunks of around 303Mb.

If you're using a partition of 303Mb, 1K is the right size for
blocks.  There's no point in making the blocks any smaller: it'll
double the amount of disk access you have to do without saving a
significant amount of disk space.

Simon.
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Subject: Re: OS 8.1 & HFS+   THE ANSWER ?
Date: 1998/03/16
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