Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cs.yale.edu!fischer-michael From: fischer-michael@cs.yale.edu (Michael Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: help! I'm in s-l-o-w m--o--t--i--o--n! Keywords: and so is my HD Message-ID: <25954@cs.yale.edu> Date: 31 Aug 90 04:08:38 GMT References: <2648@unccvax.uncc.edu> Sender: news@cs.yale.edu Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: ginkgo.theory.cs.yale.edu Originator: fischer@ginkgo.CS.Yale.Edu In article <2648@unccvax.uncc.edu> cs63bld@unccvax.uncc.edu (b. daniels) writes: > >I have a 20mb HD on my 1040st with an ICD SCSI adapter and a omti controller >tying it all together. One of my partitions (10mb) is just about full, and >write times to it are horrifying! We're talking a minimum of 7-10sec per file >where the drive doesn't appear to be doing anything, then the red light will >flash, and on to the next file. The mostly empty partition on the drive still >responds just as fast as you would expect... This was a problem with TOS 1.0 and 1.2 that is fixed in TOS 1.4. Used to be that the FAT was searched from the beginning every time a new cluster was needed. The fuller your partition, the bigger the FAT and the slower the write. Fix: Keep your partitions small or get TOS 1.4. >Also, is there a PD program to complement Turtle? I mean something that >restores to your HD and just prompts you for each disk. That would be a lot >easier (and faster!) than copying them from the desktop.... Try The Vault. It is easier to use and more flexible than Turtle and comes with a companion restore program, The Key. -- ================================================== | Michael Fischer | ==================================================