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From: sterling@dasys1.UUCP (Sterling Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Request to Commodore (Fast File System)
Message-ID: <6123@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 28 Aug 88 06:48:18 GMT
References: <8808162044.AA29370@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <779@viscous>
Reply-To: sterling@dasys1.UUCP (Sterling Brown)
Organization: Datamerica Systems, NYC
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  I was thinking a while back about the Fast File System not being put on the
  floppies  in AmigaDos 1.3.  It is  my  understanding  that   the  Fast file
  system will  not work  on the  floppies  because  it is  not installed when
  the Amiga boots, and Commodore is  not putting  the FFS  in ROM  because of
  compatibility with the existing file system.  Is this true?

  If this IS true, then I have a suggestion:

  Why not put the FFS in ROM, and if someone wants to access files in the old
  format then they can install the Slow File System for  the device  on which
  they will be accessing the files.  This way people can install the old file
  system on a drive and transferer  everything over  to the  FFS once.   This
  will get  rid of the problem of having a Slow File System boot partition on
  the hard drive, and will make those of us using only floppies happy.

  Comments?  C-A?

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