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From: manes@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Mark Manes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SupraMount and FFS (or mount for that matter)
Summary: Hard drive from hell
Message-ID: <6721@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
Date: 26 Nov 88 03:27:14 GMT
References: <1773@scolex> <11729@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: manes@cs.odu.edu (Mark Manes)
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
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In article <11729@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>re: Brian Moffet's problems using Supra SW with FFS on 1.3 ...
>
>From your description (i.e. " ... l:newfs ... ") you're using OLD software.
>
>I have 4 systems up and running fine with 1.3, FFS, and Supra 4x4 and all
>is fine, and others (from comments posted on my BBS systems) have used the
>SupraConvert even!  And one person who was totally unable to get the
>Microbotics stuff to function with a Quantum HD switched to Supra and is now
>a happy Amiga HD power user with 1.3 and FFS.
>
>You *SHOULD* get the latest Supra software: version 5.1a.  Again, from your
>description, it "sounds" like you're using version 2.4.
>

Tell me, do you use FastMemFirst?   We *HAVE* version 5.1a.  It does not work
on our 2000.  We have a 30 meg drive, with FastMemFirst, version 5.1a dies a 
horrible death.  


>Besides being available from Supra directly (along with a new printed manual),
>the 5.1a software is available for downloading from BIX, CIS, GEnie and PLink
>(per Supra's comments in the ARC files), though I've only seen it on BIX.
>
>
>Thad Floryan [thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad]

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Mark D. Manes                                          "In Amiga We Trust"  
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