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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Problems with Fast File System
Keywords: FFS problems
Message-ID: <64223@sun.uucp>
Date: 15 Aug 88 19:20:20 GMT
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Reply-To: cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis)
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In article <909@altger.UUCP> space@altger.UUCP (Lars Soltau) writes:
> When  C=A  released the  Fast File System I thought...
> Does anyone know how to get rid of  these incompatibilities?  
> Lars Soltau		uucp: uunet!mcvax!unido!altger!space

Sheesh, sometimes I really wonder about people. First off, C-A has
*NOT* released the Fast File System. And that means you are running
prerelease Beta, Gamma, or Omega software and (no suprise) it still 
has some bugs in it! Do you folks who run illegal copies of 1.3 think
that Commodore is just sitting there keeping this wonderful software
under wraps to make your life miserable? *NO!* The damn stuff has bugs
in it, that's right, big honker bugs that can wipe out entire hard disks
and zap innocent memory locations! And this is not unexpected because
it *ISN'T* released. You want to impress you friends by moving into an
apartment where the building isn't even completed yet? Are you suprised 
when some bricks fall through the roof that hasn't been installed ? Be
reasonable, it is stupid to use this stuff unless 
	a) You are a developer and are looking for bugs for C/A and know
	   the risks and report the problems along the appropriate channels.
	b) You are a developer and your application relies on some new 
	   feature of 1.3 and you want to release when 1.3 comes out and
	   you report the problems along the appropriate channels.

Otherwise it's just plain dumb, and lots of things will break like Lars
found out. The bugs you mention have been fixed, some of the earlier ones
were even more spectacular, but the fact of the matter is. WAIT FOR IT TO
BE FINISHED, then bitch about it. In the mean time make *lots* of backups
'cuz it can toast your cookies.


--Chuck McManis
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These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.