>If they already fill 43 directory blocks, then using Tom's method they should >have upped to 90, not 45. I could live with that. If they fill 2 directory >blocks then I do not want to see 90, 45 is still okay by me.
I think we're optimising the wrong thing! At the cost of today's disk, why are we fighting over one (or two) tracks? For 15 years I have allocated at least one cylinder for directory space. Never had a STOW problem. Arguing over a track or two is not a productive use of anybody's time. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

