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From: alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Changing max. no. of files open at one time under Mac OS
Message-ID: <1314@ccnysci.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 89 09:04:44 GMT
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Reply-To: alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
Organization: City College of New York
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David O'Rourke says that changing the maximum number of files open, as spec'd
in the boot blocks, seems to be OK but is unsanctioned. I have done this on
many machines for a long time and have never noticed any problems. I would
go out on a limb and say that there is NO effect, other than reducing slightly
the amount of available RAM.

David also warns that the current boot blocks are copied onto disks formatted
by the system. This is definitely true. However, I have a question about this.
If you look in the System File you will notice a 'boot' resource. This
resource contains an image of the boot blocks. Is this the source from which
newly-initialized disks get their boot blocks, or do they come from the
actual b.b. of the boot disk? If the latter, what purpose does that resource
serve?

Alexis Rosen
alexis@ccnysci.uucp