Re: Advantages to HFS drives?

[dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <93Aug4.215017-0600.138441@amisk.cs.ualberta.ca> glyn@cs.ualberta.ca writes:
> Are there any advantages to using HFS besides the larger partitions
> and less restrictive file names?  The main thing I noticed about them
> is that file access seems to take forever ...

It depends on the file size.  Copying a lot of small files to an HFS
volume is much slower than a ProDOS volume.

However, HFS really shows its speed when copying large files on a fast
hard drive.  My SyQuest sounds like it has a ratchet in it - the head
moves very quickly.

System 6.0.1 is a definite improvement over 6.0.

> Does anyone know what backup software does/does not work with HFS?

Not off-hand.  My main concern with HFS volumes is the lack of disk
recovery software should something go wrong.  You can't use the
Macintosh-based utilities unless the drive has a Macintosh device
driver installed, and A.D.U. doesn't put one on there unless it is an
Apple drive.
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