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From: jroach@acorn.co.uk (Jonathan Roach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Filing system matters
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Date: 12 Feb 91 14:09:03 GMT
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In article <795@utrcu1.UUCP> kortink@utrcu1.UUCP (Kortink John) writes:

>While on filing systems : did somebody besides me notice that the RAM
>filing system takes *lots* more space when using many directories and
>small files than ADFS ? Strange, when they're both filecore-based.

About FileCore:

All the 'intelligence' is in FileCore and not ADFS or RAMFS. RAMFS is
structured like an E format floppy (1x1K sector used for the free space
map), and so its parameters are rather sub-optimal with a large RAM disc.

--Jonathan