Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!esosun!seismo!uunet!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: How can I tell if I'm running FFS? Keywords: 1.3, FFS, Overdrive, ST157N Message-ID: <5363@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 07:31:16 GMT References: <621@cord.UUCP> <1454@teroach.UUCP> <623@cord.UUCP> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Distribution: na Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 23 In article <623@cord.UUCP> nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock) writes: >In article <1454@teroach.UUCP> stan@teroach.UUCP (Stan Fisher) writes: >>In article <621@cord.UUCP> nsw@cord.UUCP (me) writes: >>>So: How can I absolutely confirm that I am in fact running FFS on >>>my supposed FFS partition? >> >>One very easy way is to select the icon for your FFS partition and >>do 'info' from the workbench menus. A 'slow' partition will show 488 >>byte blocks under 1.3 and a FFS will show 512 byte blocks. > >>+ Stan Fisher uunet!unisoft!nud!teroach!stan > >Well, mine show 512 and 536, respectively; I'll assume that I am in fact >running FFS. So, only one question remains: why haven't I noticed any >speedup? Would some kind soul be willing to mail me a copy of DiskPerf >(and/or DiskPerfA, DiskPerfB, whatever) so I can really figure this out >for sure? 536?? Sounds like a Mac sector size to me. What showed 536?? -- You've heard of CATS? Well, I'm a member of DOGS: Developers Of Great Software. Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup