Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!cfctech!teemc!sycom!ba569s984 From: ba569s984@sycom.UUCP (Bill Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Too many partitions for 14.4k Message-ID: Date: 14 Jun 91 00:34:21 GMT Organization: Michigan Information eXchange Lines: 41 Looks like John "JrComm" Radigan was right. Too many HD partitions mean big trouble with modem speeds >9600. I have 3-4 HDs, with 2-3 partitions each. The 6-12 partitions cause random characters to be dropped during text displays at >9600. Even off-line, "ATI5 modem --> terminal" displays, exhibit this problem. Needless to say, file transfers are nothing but errors/resends. I selectively removed partitions and notices the problem slowly goes away somewhere around the 3rd-5th partition mounting. What's the solution. Bringing my partition count down to a minimum still won't help with 5-7 HDs online. Selling HDs isn't a "fix" either. From JrComm docs- John "JrComm" Radigan is convinced this problem is caused by the system needing to check each partition for "disk-change", like floppies. Has anyone seen a tool (like NoClick for floppies) that works on HDs? (If that is what needs to be done.) Why is the system checking for "change" in fixed HDs anyway???? Why are static, "mounted, but not currently in use" partitions using so much of the CPU's resources? Is a patch to l:Disk-Validator needed? Is a patch to Expansion:gvpscsi needed? Is: RM> gvpscsi 14468 ----rwed 03-Aug-90 14:42:50 RM> : v3.7 (17 Jul 1990) Ralph Babel RM> the very latest release? Is v1.95 13Sep90, the latest release of FaaastPrep? I notice it reports the PRIORITY of each partition as 0, but Steve Tibbets "TaskX" shows every partition as PRIORITY 10. Any clues, anyone? Contact SysOp of 1:120/207 313-473-2020. --- FreeFormBBS v0.20 * Origin: Amy ShareWareHQ 2865files/1743users 313-473-2020 (1:120/207)