On Wednesday June 21 2000, Julian Aronowitz said to All:
JA> Your advice, on the surface, is sound, but, how compatible are these
JA> file systems with the older ones?
Fully compatible. The Amiga has a completely transparent system for handling
this.
JA> We already know that the safest way
JA> to format a harddisk is not to use International or DirCache features.
This is FFS specific - FFS isn't too clever...
But /do/ enable International. It doesn't cause any problems or slow-down
etc, just you get properly sorted non-English characters.
JA> What are the caveats for SmartFileSystem and PFS? I ask this because I
You need to backup/install/format/restore, and programs such as DiskSalv and
ReOrg don't work on them (but then, they don't work over 4GB anyway!). The
idea of PFS and SFS is that you don't need Disksalv or ReOrg anymore...
JA> heard that they sometimes act hinky and do not allow you to easily fix
JA> your drive.
PFS-3 includes a repair program AFAIK, but I've never had problems with SFS or
PFS-2 when I tried it.
JA> gave. I also stated that, if, after V crashes the computer, the
JA> computer self reboots (without human intervention), then, let it do its
JA> thing. When I allowed it to do everything by itself, it did validate
JA> the cartridge and I was all set. I did not have to copy over anything
JA> nor reformat any- thing.
JA> How do the other filesystems work with this situation?
SFS or PFS will handle this safely, without the need to even revalidate.
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