Yet another bug in 6.0.1's HFS

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <3OCT199618252680@vax2.concordia.ca>,
Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
>In article nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) writes...
>> The System 6.0.1 HFS FST should have
>>the patch applied to it before it is used with volumes >96MB, but I
>>(Nathan Mates) have had volumes corrupted and don't really trust the
>>HFS FST.

>    I don't trust HFS formatted partitions either. I did a little
>experiment the other day, using an empty 220MB HFS partition, I
>started filling it with files from all my ProDOS partitions. At 
>some point I exceeded the disk limit and a 'Disk Full' message
>appeared on screen. Immediately after this happened, the folder
>and files that were in the process of being copied  (which was 
>halted due to lack of space) were corrupted!

   Hmmm. Time to check this out with an 800K floppy to see if it
is replicatable (and if an 800K test floppy gets toasted, I don't
care. Blasting a HD partition is NOT cool) and such. If it is, I
might upgrade the warnings about the HFS FST in the c.s.a2 FAQ

   Bottom line, folks: THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH 6.0.1's HFS FST.

Nathan Mates
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