Date   : Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:20:22 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Watford / Acorn DFS question

Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
> Brilliant - ta :-)
> 
>  > DFS clears b7 of any filename when writing to the catalogue.
> 
> Although as your website says (and one of the DFS books I have here), early
> DFSes don't guarantee this :(
 
Correct :)
 
> Then sanity-check file offsets + lengths and make sure the catalogue is
> ordered (along with checking for a second Watford - or Torch - catalogue at
 
A sanity check will quickly eliminate a Torch catalogue, as it
looks nothing like a sane DFS catalogue.
 
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