o.wagner@link-esw.zer.sub.org (04/24/91)
I'm the guy who hacked up the original "FASTDISK 1.5" (written by Thorsten Stolpmann) with the nifty Intuition interface -- called FastDiskII. Although Fastdisk 1.5 worked properly, FastDiskII won't. I've done some testing with my compile-time version, found it working all right, did a recompile using GO (the global deformizer) and released this version - WITHOUT testing. Wrong, as I know by now. A little hint: FORGET FASTDISK II. Forget it forever; it's totally messed up. I don't have the source code, and even if I had, I wouldn't change anything more. There is a improved (!) version of Fastdisk 1.5 done by the original author, called FastDisk 1.8, which *WORKS*, and works even better. Use this, or look for some other optimizer which correctly works with FFS disks (Fastdisk 1.8 won't). Olli %/% auch identitaet erfordert dasein %/% oliver wagner/auf dem stein 5/3441 weissenborn/05659518 %/% khazad dhum/linksys esw/056591307/24h dst
ake@dayton.saic.com (Earle Ake) (04/25/91)
In article <9104221938.93.8926@LINK-ESW>, o.wagner@link-esw.zer.sub.org writes: > > > I'm the guy who hacked up the original "FASTDISK 1.5" (written by > Thorsten Stolpmann) with the nifty Intuition interface -- called > FastDiskII. > > Although Fastdisk 1.5 worked properly, FastDiskII won't. I've done > some testing with my compile-time version, found it working all > right, did a recompile using GO (the global deformizer) and released > this version - WITHOUT testing. Wrong, as I know by now. > > A little hint: FORGET FASTDISK II. Forget it forever; it's totally > messed up. I don't have the source code, and even if I had, I > wouldn't change anything more. > > There is a improved (!) version of Fastdisk 1.5 done by the original > author, called FastDisk 1.8, which *WORKS*, and works even better. > Use this, or look for some other optimizer which correctly works with > FFS disks (Fastdisk 1.8 won't). Can anyone who has the newer FastDisk please FTP it to ab20? Thanks! Earle _____________________________________________________________________________ ____ ____ ___ Earle Ake /___ /___/ / / Science Applications International Corporation ____// / / /__ Dayton, Ohio ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: ake@dayton.saic.com uucp: dayvb!ake SPAN: 28284::ake