Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!att!cord!nsw
From: nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: How can I tell if I'm running FFS?
Keywords: 1.3, FFS, Overdrive, ST157N
Message-ID: <623@cord.UUCP>
Date: 23 Nov 88 03:47:51 GMT
References: <621@cord.UUCP> <1454@teroach.UUCP>
Reply-To: nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock)
Distribution: na
Organization: The Flying Squid Patrol
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In article <1454@teroach.UUCP> stan@teroach.UUCP (Stan Fisher) writes:
>In article <621@cord.UUCP> nsw@cord.UUCP (me) writes:
>>So:  How can I absolutely confirm that I am in fact running FFS on
>>my supposed FFS partition?
>
>One very easy way is to select the icon for your FFS partition and
>do 'info' from the workbench menus.  A 'slow' partition will show 488
>byte blocks under 1.3 and a FFS will show 512 byte blocks.

>+           Stan Fisher        uunet!unisoft!nud!teroach!stan             

Well, mine show 512 and 536, respectively; I'll assume that I am in fact 
running FFS.  So, only one question remains:  why haven't I noticed any 
speedup?  Would some kind soul be willing to mail me a copy of DiskPerf 
(and/or DiskPerfA, DiskPerfB, whatever) so I can really figure this out
for sure?

Also, can any users of the Overdrive/ST157N combination comment on the
speedup they have seen with FFS?  It's not like I'm unhappy with the 
performance I'm getting, I just want to make sure I'm getting everything
there is to be had (does that make sense? ;-).

Thanks again.

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