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From: maxc1553@ucselx.sdsu.edu (InnerTangent - human1)
Subject: Re: Boot disk optimizer?
Message-ID: <1991Apr15.161033.24003@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services
References: <41207@cup.portal.com> <1991Apr12.183527.29143@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 91 16:10:33 GMT

Having struggling with diskettes for daily for the last 1.5 years, I learned
that if your disk have 0 bytes left, the amiga drive will always struggle
with it for a while until it accept the disk.  It doesn't get validated or
something.  So, all I can say is to delete one file.. (maybe a useless .info)
or try compressing some not-so-often used commands with powerpacker/imploder.

Then, after there are more spaces left on your disk, check your mountlist,
make sure it got saved completely.  Make all the changes, then optimize
your boot disk with any good optimizers.. Bad is ok, and there are several
PD/Shareware disk optimizers around.  (check ftp-sites, local BBS')

If you are completely floopy disk based Amiga, Try squeeze as much stuffs onto
your floopy as possible.  Newest PowerPacker-Professional(commercial) will
let you compress most executable files.  Turbo Imploder will even compress
fonts and libraries, keymaps, printer-drivers too.  Saving even more space
on your bootdisk.  allowing more programs to be on the same floppy.

These above are my solutions before I got my HD recently.  I'm happy.
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