Date   : Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:17:06 +0100 (BST)
From   : chris@... (Chris Johns)
Subject: [OTish] Largest HD an Acorn A4 can take

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Theo Markettos wrote:

> For the A4 (on RO3.1), format the HD to 499MB for maximum efficiency - it
> makes the minimum file unit half the size.  There were some third-party
> filing systems that could be fitted and allowed multiple partitions - I
> think Clares' BDFS was the one that would work on RO3.1

No, BDFS only worked on 3.6/3.7 (I know this because I wrote it). It would 
run on RISC OS 4 but it was largely redundant with the F+ format. Most of 
the ones for 3.1 seemed to be come with their own controllers, such as 
ICS's ideA.

I don't know if a copy of the newer ADFS would run on the A4  (or could be 
made to run) - is the source available from the RISC OS open thing?

Cheers

Chris
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