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From: steveb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Steve Beats)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: FastFileSystem
Keywords: FastFileSystem Floppys
Message-ID: <16550@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 15 Dec 90 12:30:10 GMT
References: <1990Dec14.195644.27027@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <16549@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Reply-To: steveb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Steve Beats)
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In article <16549@cbmvax.commodore.com> steveb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Steve Beats) writes:
>You can mount the 1.3 FastFileSystem on a floppy via the mount command and
>a suitable mountlist.  Just copy the default entry for RAD: and change
>device to "trackdisk.device" and add Mask=0x7ffff to force the FS to do
>all direct device access via CHIP buffers.

I forgot to add that you will have to manually run the Diskchange command
every time you change the floppy.  1.3 FS doesn't automatically recognise
diskchanges (because it was originally designed for non-removeable hard
drives).  You will also want to set BuffMemType to CHIP memory in the
MountList.

	Steve