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From: ecphssrw@solaria.csun.edu (Stephen Walton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: BlitzDisk and FFS ok?
Keywords: Has CHeath blessed it?
Message-ID: <357@solaria.csun.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 88 19:07:55 GMT
References: <1062@esunix.UUCP> <5208@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: ecphssrw@robin.csun.edu (Stephen R. Walton)
Organization: California State University, Northridge
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In article <5208@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes:
>Charlie has not blessed the combination; he suggests waiting
>until he comes out with a version of BlitzDisk that he knows is
>safe to use with FFS.

But it is probably worth pointing out that AddBuffers, when applied
to an FFS hard disk partition, uses *fast* RAM, not chip, giving most
of the effect of BlitzDisk.  The missing features are, of course,
caching directory blocks only, and allowing you to decrease as well
as increase the cache size during a given session.
   I have AddBuffers FAST: 200 in my Startup-Sequence and am pleased
with the result.
-- 
Stephen Walton, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Cal State Univ. Northridge
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