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From: gheff@hubcap.clemson.edu (Gary R Heffelfinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: VirusX and FFS floppies don't mix.
Message-ID: <7580@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 5 Jan 90 16:19:19 GMT
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I've noted something peculiar.  I just recently got enough memory to
allow me to put a few more things in my startup-sequence and one of
those was VirusX 4.0.  On occasion I mount a few FFS floppies.  (I keep
my archives on them.)  (Yeah, I know that it ain't kosher, but I like
the extra space and I've gotten used to the faster directory listings on
my hard disk.)  I found that when I reboot with an FFS floppy in 
DF1:, (the FFS floppy drives haven't been mounted at this point) VirusX
aborts with a task held requester.  I might expect it to report
something unusual, but not to abort.

Anyway, I'm 90% certain that it's a VirusX problem since it goes away
when I either leave the drive empty or feed it with an OFS floppy at
reboot time.  I spent time swapping things in and out of my
startup-sequence and am certain that it is VirusX.   Now I really don't
expect a resolution, since I *am* doing a no-no.  (I'm not a 1.4 tester.
I'm using 1.3.2, KS 1.2, and the AutoDiskChange program that some
wonderful programmer came up with a year or so ago.)  I just thought
that it might be of interest to any other rule-breakers out there who
use the FFS on 1.3 floppies.

As a side note, I've been continually amazed at how well the FFS
floppies do work.  It's a tribute to the design of Amiga that one can
replace one file system with another and have most programs not give a
damn.  I've had no problems manipulating FFS disks in FF0: and FF1:,
even my favorite dirutil thingy can handle them without trouble.

-Gary


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             Gary R Heffelfinger ------ gheff@hubcap.clemson.edu
               Clemson University - Info. Systems Development
           >>>>> Unrepentant Amiga addict.  Just say "yes." <<<<<<