Date   : Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:59:47 +0100 (BST)
From   : Andrew W <a.weston2@...>
Subject: Re: Load and execution

In <URL:news:local.misc> on Mon 04 Oct, Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
> > Message-ID: <Marcel-1.53-1003184724-1cbzokP@...>
>  
> Andrew W <a.weston2@...> wrote:
> > Did DFS require load and execution addresses for files on disc?  How
> > were they stored, via a disc map?
>  
> DFS itself does not require load and execution addresses - it just stores
> what it is given. Software that loads the files may use the load and
> execution addresses. 
>  
> DFS Sector 0 contains the list of files on the DFS disk:
>  
<snip>
I was always puzzled how I managed to transfer certain games from DFS
disc to RISC OS hard drive using Multilink which I was told was not
guaranteed to successfully transfer games. I assumed he was talking
about load and execution addresses but looking at the files these seem
to have been preserved. He may have been talking about other forms of
protection.


A.Weston
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