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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WB 1.3, FFS, and IBM hard drive through BridgeBoard
Keywords: FFS 1.3 Bridgeboard
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Date: 24 Nov 88 23:18:09 GMT
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In article <5579@saturn.ucsc.edu> odin@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Jon Granrose) writes:
|  I have a 46 meg. IBM hard drive connected through my Bridgeboard which has 
|given me no problems since I bought it.  If I get 1.3 will I be able to run my
|hard drive with FFS?  If so will that mean I still have to have an old FS 
|partition on my hard drive to boot off of before I get to use FFS?

The answer is NO. With the current version of DPFormat you cannot format
a Janus drive with FFS.

|I am taking
|it for granted that I will not be able to autoboot through my Bridgeboard but
|that doesn't concern me.  All I am concerned with right now is whether it would
|be worth it in time spent to switch to 1.3 and FFS, and if it is possible.
|Also, if it is possible to use FFS on my hard drive could someone send me a
|sample mountlist.  Would I have to use DPFormat or something different?

At the moment FFS is supported only on hard drives connected to the 
"Amiga side" [though it will work, with some restrictions, on floppies 
as well].

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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