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Title: Formatting A1200 with 3.1?
Post by: Anonymous MOS on July 07, 2007, 04:56:30 AM

Hey guys, what options should I use when formatting my A1200's hard drive?  I know I need Fast File System, but should I use International Mode and Directory Cache? I'm running Workbench 3.1.

Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Formatting A1200 with 3.1?
Post by: rkauer on July 07, 2007, 05:01:59 AM

Better set all options on.

Even better is format the hd with SFS, who is faster and much more reliable. :-D

Title: Re: Formatting A1200 with 3.1?
Post by: Anonymous MOS on July 07, 2007, 05:07:03 AM

I would suppose I can get SFS from Aminet?

Also, I need to keep compatibility with the older games. Does the filesystem on the hard drive have anything to do with running games and software with WHDLoad and floppies?

Title: Re: Formatting A1200 with 3.1?
Post by: rkauer on July 07, 2007, 05:13:33 AM

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Ranthalion wrote:
I would suppose I can get SFS from Aminet?

Also, I need full compatability with the older games. Does my filesystem on my hard drive have anything to do with running games and software with WHDLoad and floppies?

I have SFS on all my partitions, never get a problem.

 But no, you don't will find SFS on Aminet (maybe some tools). SFS have his own internet homepage: :rtfm: (http://strohmayer.org/sfs/)

Title: Re: Formatting A1200 with 3.1?
Post by: Anonymous MOS on July 07, 2007, 05:55:02 AM

Thanks for the link.  :-)   How do I go about formatting my partitions for the first time with SFS?  It says something about only being able to quick-format already SFS partitions.

Title: Re: Formatting A1200 with 3.1?
Post by: rkauer on July 07, 2007, 08:56:36 AM

 SFS don't need to regular formating the partition, but if you wish (in order to look for bad clusters), you can download HDInstallTools (http://aminet.net/disk/misc/hdinst.lha) from aminet to do it.

 BTW: always read carefully the docs inside this programs.