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From: knauer@cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Knauerhase)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Reordering GS/OS directories
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Date: 25 Jan 91 18:39:24 GMT
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In article <43152@ut-emx.uucp> daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) writes:
>In article <7201@crash.cts.com> rhood@pro-gsplus.cts.com (Robert Hood) writes:
>BTW, was the original poster wanting to reorder the directory entries or
>reorder the files themselves? I thought that I remembered him(her?) saying
>that it took a long time to boot up since the boot files were at the end
>of the cartridge, and the head had to seek around a lot.
>Doing something like this would require more than rearranging directory
>entries. Norton Speed Disk does this on the IBM's (and Macs too?). Does anyone
>know if BeachComber in ProSel does this?

Well, the Utilties section offers directory re-ordering, sorting by
name/type/etc. or individually.  "Optimize Volume" (ne'e BeachComber)
moves around whole files to reduce fragmentation and improve access time.

[Was it I that said "Enough of this"?!?  Oops. :) ]

Rob Knauerhase
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