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From: dewolfe@ug.cs.dal.ca (Anarchy for Peace)
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Subject: Re: Don't fill your HD (was: format is brain dead)
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Date: 30 Nov 90 21:47:17 GMT
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In article <phil.659837272@adam.adelaide.edu.au> phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) writes:
>I remember *AGES* ago, this exact same thread, and yes, if you had a 
>hard-drive formatted with the original (1.3) fastfilesystem you would
>get crashed on the hard-drive if it was filled to more than about 95%.
>
>
>Phil.

Never happened to me... I had a Quantum 80S hooked to a Hardframe in my 2000
and was constantly hovering around 88-89% full.  Even had a couple of
"Volume Full" requestors appear, no r/w errors though.  This was with the
original 1.3.  I never heard of 1.3.2 until I got my 3000.

>
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>Phil Kernick                            EMail:  phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au
>Departmental Engineer                   Phone:  +618 228 5914
>Dept. of Psychology                     Fax:    +618 224 0464
>University of Adelaide                  Mail:   GPO Box 498 Adelaide SA 5001

Colin DeWolfe
dewolfe@ug.cs.dal.ca
dewolfe@iris1.ucis.dal.ca