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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend")
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Subject: I hate AmigaDos file systems (was Re: HD Errors
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In article <37583@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>one would easily draw the conclusion that if you stare cross-eyed at or
>sneeze in the same room as an Amiga the filesystem will go belly up, requiring
>reformatting and reloading from a backup.

You got it.  I was downloading a file from work when my brother accidentally
unplugged the Amiga (duh).  Three hours later I've restored my drive
to the point where I can go back to work.

Since then, I've discovered DiskX and bought the Abacus drive book, which
has allowed my to CMA a few times and not have to reinstall everything.  Very
few (if any) "users" will ever bother doing this.

AmigaDos needs a *real* filesystem.  Hopefully it's there in 2.0.

Why is the FS so fragile compared to other micros? I haven't looked too
closely at AmigaDos (don't even own the RKMs, etc..), but it seems that
*somebody* out there will know the answer to this question.

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