I know the 65k limit was lifted. That was not the point of including the link. The point was how allocation blocks are set. Alsoft's Ask Al had this information, which would tend to indicate that partitioning a large drive reduces the wasted space--a 1k file will use one allocation block, if that block is 8k or 4k. Or am I missing something here?
"With Mac OS 9.0, HFS Plus disks are initialized with only two allocation block sizes. Those disks less than or equal to 256 MB have .5 K allocation blocks while all other disks have 4 K allocation blocks. This change was made to bring the rules in line with the rules then expected for Mac OS X. "As it turns out, Mac OS X will have slightly different rules and Mac OS 9.1 was updated to reflect them. It adds a larger allocation block size for larger HFS Plus disks. Disks larger than 220 GB have 8 K allocation blocks. This change was made for extremely large disks to reduce the number of allocation blocks. This helps reduce the amount of time it takes to find free blocks among such a large number of allocation blocks." Gary > > From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/12/04 Thu AM 08:53:59 EST > To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Partition my drive or not... > > > On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 06:22 AM, Gary D. Adams wrote: > > > I always partition, too, and there are several reasons. First, to > > allow booting from another partition for diagnostics (of course, if > > the hd physically goes out, that's not worth much). Second, and more > > importantly, because I've always heard that partitioning a large drive > > eliminates wasted space--since the allocation block size is dependent > > upon the size of the volume... larger volumes get larger allocation > > blocks. > > > > http://www.themacintoshguy.com/MacTips/archive/tip10.shtml > > > > Isn't the situation the same in X? > > No, nor has it been the situation for a long time. > > This is the whole point of the HFS+ file system (which both OS 8.1-9.2 > and OSX use as their native filesystem) is that it eliminates that 65K > file limit and the variable block size of the old HFS filesystem. > (which is what that tip talks about). > > There's an Apple KB article about it where all the gory details are > exposed. > > No modern system (mac, pc, unix) needs to be partitioned for that > purpose. > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
