Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 10:15:11 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: brianc@pobox.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DOS root directory? Message-ID: <199608240815.KAA00455@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199608240639.QAA25313@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Aug 24, 96 04:09:54 pm
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Michael Smith wrote: > > Robert Nordier stands accused of saying: > > > > Uhm, actually it doesn't indicate use of FIPS (which wouldn't affect > > the cluster or root directory size). > > Hmm, I've only seen this warning reported by people who'd used FIPS to > shrink DOS filesystems across a cluster-size boundary. I don't have > any DOS filesystems that big, so I've never seen it myself. Thanks > for the clarification. Most users with very large DOS filesystems probably do shrink them when installing FreeBSD. And if FIPS were more conscientious, it would adjust the cluster size to something more appropriate (and probably then <= 32 sectors). So FIPS is generally involved, even if not actually responsible for the msdosfs habit of eating other filesystems. > (geez, my accuracy ratio has fallen right off. time to be quiet for a > while 8) You're too quiet lately already. :) -- Robert Nordier
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