Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!andy
From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: How can I tell if I'm running FFS?
Keywords: 1.3, FFS, Overdrive, ST157N
Message-ID: <5297@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 88 14:25:09 GMT
References: <621@cord.UUCP>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Distribution: na
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <621@cord.UUCP> nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock) writes:
>Yes, I know, a silly-sounding question.
>
>When I got 1.3, I went through the whole rigamarole of getting 
>an FFS partition up on my ST-157N/Overdrive setup.  I edited my 
>mountlist to create a 3 cylinder old FS partition and the rest 
>FFS.  I am pretty sure I have everything in there correct.
>
>I then mounted FS1 and formatted it.  I did not specify the FFS
>option to format because the 1.3 Enhancer manual specifically
>says that if you mount the partition properly and all the right stuff is
>specified in the mountlist, then format should do FFS automatically
>(yes, I was using the 1.3 mount command).  I also formatted the
>old FS partition.

As long as you specified DosType in your MountList, and L:FastFileSystem,
and GlobVec = -1, you should be ok.  Format will do the right thing. 
In fact, FFS and NOFFS options will be removed from Format in the
future.

>So:  How can I absolutely confirm that I am in fact running FFS on
>my supposed FFS partition?  I can find nothing in the Enhancer
>to indicate that there's a command which will show what file system
>is running on any particular mounted device.

Use the Workbench Info menu item ... FFS partitions
show 512 bytes per block.
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