Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!clarkson!stovm1.vnet.ibm.com!iinus1.ibm.com:PETERF! Message-Id: <9106061350.AA00167@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 91 09:42:55 SWE From: Peter Forsberg Subject: Re: HPFS on a Floppy ? Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc s142029@fred.ucdavis.edu writes: > I am just wandering, since I haven't read the manual, but is it possible >to format a floppy with HPFS on it ? I have tried > > FORMAT A:/FS:HPFS > > But it says > > SYS0530 : You must specify the fixed disk drive > > So, I am wandering if it is possible. If it is not, why don't IBM >let us have it. If we can format a floppy with UNIX (on the NeXT), why can't >we do it with OS/2 HPFS. > >T. Huynh The HPFS is not currently supported for floppies, and I don't know of any plans for it either. The only possible advantage with being able to use HPFS for floppies would be to be able to use long file names. The performance issues are completely uninteresting, as a floppy is such a slow media anyway. / Peter -- Peter A. Forsberg Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. IBM Sweden, Banking & Finance Applications. E-mail: peterf@stovm1.vnet.ibm.com or d88-pfo@nada.kth.se include