Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: AmigaDOS 1.3 & ARP - Do they get along? Message-ID: <5385@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 23:28:05 GMT References: <19446@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <22558@sgi.SGI.COM> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 20 In article <22558@sgi.SGI.COM> scotth@harlie.SGI.COM (Scott Henry) writes: >From article <19446@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, by mjm@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Michael Murphy): >assuming 512 bytes per block". When I upgraded to 1.3 and converted my hard >disk to FFS, I "magically" gained ((512-488)/512) more _usable_ disk space, >which ARP's Info command correctly showed, but the Amigados Info said I still >had the same amount of space... The AmigaDOS Info command asks the filesystem attached to the drive, and reports whatever the filesystem tells it; the old filesystem lied (returned 512 instead of 488), the fast file system tells the truth (returns 512). -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "Possibly this is a new usage of the word 'compatible' with which I was previously unfamiliar" Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.