Re: Goodbye HFS.FST (crashed HD again)

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <tsetse-1409962233510001@callus.helix.net>,
tsetse <tsetse@helix.net> wrote:
>with this ongoing saga as to whether the hfs fst is safe
>to use, a question comes to mind. does this fst affect
>networked - appleshare - volumes? 

   Appleshare has its own FST. The actual dirty job of storing files
on a remote Appleshare volume is the business of the computer with
that drive on it. Therefore, the Appleshare FST should be as stable
as the remote computer.

>does it affect floppy
>disks (800k and 1.44m) i shove in the drive? or does it
>only apply to large local hfs partitions?

   It has a chance of corrupting them if you write to them. Basically,
the currently distributed patch's documentation says that it fixes
access to volumes >=96MB. Unfortunately, my GS's 79MB HFS partition
has been blasted a few times. Thus, it's my gut feeling that there are
more bugs. No conclusive proof of that yet.

Nathan Mates

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