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
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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).
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