Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!UMass.BITNET!drukman From: drukman@UMass.BITNET (Jonathan S. Drukman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Yet another hard disk query Message-ID: <870115010458.00000448.AEXI.MA@UMass> Date: Thu, 15-Jan-87 01:04:58 EST Article-I.D.: UMass.870115010458.00000448.AEXI.MA Posted: Thu Jan 15 01:04:58 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Jan-87 21:57:05 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 24 My friend owns a Supra hard drive. After reading all the letters on this list about the 40-folder limit, I warned him about the dangers. He sent me the following reply: >Also I would like to point out that from common sense, there is no way the >desktop can have any knowledge about the folders on a disk that has never >been opened. For example, lets say I boot my hard disk, then close the >floppy window and insert a disk with 39 folders on it into the drive. NOw >assuming I never open that disk, there is no possible way for the computer >to see those and be affected by them. > However, I am going to bring drive C down below 30 folders just in case... Is this true? I gathered from the letters that just HAVING the folders around was a danger... one last thing, to test the bug, he created a floppy with 59 folders on it (he brought the hard drive down first, of course)... When he did a SHOW INFO, it reported 38 folders... --jon drukman ARPA: jsd%oz@mit-mc BITNET: drukman@umass "Do do the cruel immersion Do do the flaming tie" - shriekback