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In article <755@minster.UUCP>, nigel@minster.UUCP (nigel) writes:
> 
> I have an pre-production Atari 20 Mb hard drive, and am now starting to
> encounter problems. The documentation says to be careful not to copy too
> many files at once (no limit suggested), and to not have more than about 40
> subdirectories across all drives. This slightly worried me. When I created
> my 20th yesterday, I could not run any application, let alone copy files.
> The former generated the error "couldn't find application", and the latter
> "not enough memory to run that application". These I reckon are wide of the
> mark, as GEM is not expecting the underlying operating system to fold up,
> so guesses. When I tried to copy files using the command interpreter, I got
> two bombs (bus error), but the interpreter survived to accept another command.
> When I removed the 20th directory, everything worked again. Conclusion -
> GEMDOS is broken. According to show info, I have only 1 Meg of the disk used.
> According to show (using command.tos), I have used about 4Meg, which is more
> believable.  Without subdirectories, I couldn't find my way about more than
> about 1 Meg anyway. I need subdirectories. I might also mention that this
> problem has been rumbling away, because about 3 directory creations ago,
> the ISV assembler stopped working. It either couldn't find the irritating
> AS68SYMB.DAT, or created as many temporary files as it could before running
> out of directory entries.....
> 
> Arrggghhh. Thinks - "this is ludicrous - I wish I had time to write my own
> operating system, which doesn't pale at the the task of handling directories."
> First year students who've just learnt about operating systems might also be
> wondering what's so difficult.
> 
> My system is a 1 meg upgraded 520st with OS roms, 1 floppy, and one hard drive.
> 
> Why has this happened at 20 and not 40 subdirectories?
> Why is 40 a limitation anyway?
> Is this a known problem?
> Have I really got to have huge directories?
> Any suggestions?
> Please!
The problem is one of memory, your version of AHDI doesn't allocate enough
memory for more than twenty subdirectories. A new version of AHDI has been
available for a few months that solves this problem, contact ATARI-UK for
a copy. If they don't have it, its available on the ATARIDEV section of
compuserve, but you need to be an authorized developer to download it
				This should do it
					Neal 'NAK' Katz
#include <I.dont.know.nothing.h>
> 
> Nigel Roles
> Department of Computer Science
> University of York
> 
> ..!ukc!minster!nigel