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From: tainter@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Tainter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Hard disk boot???
Message-ID: <4490@ihlpg.ATT.COM>
Date: 16 Dec 87 22:15:07 GMT
References: <624@aucs.UUCP> <122@actisb.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
Lines: 14
Keywords: Hard disk, GEMBOOT

In article <122@actisb.UUCP>, federico@actisb.UUCP (Federico Heinz) writes:
>                                   I've never used the old ROMs, so I don't
> know what the infamous "40 folder limit" means. I've had more than 40 folders
> on my hard disk and nothing happened.  Does this mean that the problem is
> fixed? Or is it 40 folders DEEP?
The "40 folder limit" bug hits when you try to access more than 40 folders
within one interval between reboots.  I assume you aren't using some form
of incremental backup program for your HD if you haven't seen it yet.
It IS in ALL versions of the ROMs.  Its cause is a logical flaw in the entire
memory management scheme for the ATARI ST.
Its symptoms are trashed directories on you harddisk (and I believe random
lockups or reboots).
> 		Federico             //     //
--j.a.tainter