odin@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60200000) (11/24/88)
[ my lineater's faster than yours ] I have finally scraped up enough money for WB 1.3 ( $27 is a lot when you're a poor student on a LOW budget) and have a few questions which I probably missed the answers to previously. 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? 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? I would like to make the switch as cleanly as possible when I do. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jon <<=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=>> | Jon Granrose odin@ucscb.UCSC.EDU | | OR | | Opinions?!? That'll be the day... ~!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!odin| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (11/25/88)
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' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Diga!" -- Leo Schwab [quoting Rick Unland] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=