#2.04 FFS vs. 1.3 FFS
09-Dec-91 17:14:34
Sb: #17337-#2.04 FFS vs. 1.3 FFS
Fm: Andy Finkel 70007,4173
To: Joe Kuzma 70674,1065
The new FFS organizes the blocks in the file on the disk better; this will
improve your access times. It also supports the new 2.0 packets. You can
use the new one in place of the old one interchangably; but you won't get
all the speed improvements that you could if you let the new FFS arrange
the files on the disk.
The new FFS also attempts to keep the directory structure on the disk up to
date at all times, which helps in times of power failures…you have less
to lose.
You can get the version of the filesystem by using the 2.04 version command
on a drive you're curious about, ie
version dh3:
Note: 1.3 FFS won't have a version number.
andy