Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: The secrets of the file system (was FillDisk) Message-ID: <2888@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 20:30:40 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2888 Posted: Wed Dec 2 20:30:40 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 07:39:15 EST References: <6098@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <2080@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 28 In article <2080@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes: >one root block -- no backup. If you trash it, you either are left to >the whims of DiskDoctor of have to learn the FS the hard way. You >can't even use DiskEd; it only works on floppies. DiskEd works fine on hard disks. I use it all the time. > >I thought about putting together a "Definitive Inside Look at the >AmigaDOS Filing System" but don't think it's worthwhile if we're on >the verge of a new FS. Still sounds like a good article, though. >Then again, if it can help one person >restore her data from a trashed disk, it would be worth it. Can >anyone at CBM discuss the time frame for the new FS appearing? soon (I hope) -- andy finkel {ihnp4|seismo|allegra}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.