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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: melott on October 03, 2003, 05:15:34 PM

Title: PFS3 Questions
Post by: melott on October 03, 2003, 05:15:34 PM

I'm looking at PFS3, tring to decide if
I want to buy it.
Does it live up to its ads.
Is it worth the price.
It says it supports drives and partitions
upto 2000 gigs or so. Does it?
Will it format and partition these large drives??

I would really like to know about the formatting
and partitioning, and in general what you think.

Mel Ott

Title: Re: PFS3 Questions
Post by: Thomas on October 03, 2003, 06:50:19 PM

What is your configuration and which OS version do you use ?

A new file system alone does not break the 4GB barrier, you need a corresponding IDE or SCSI driver either.

I use PFS3 since several years now and am very satisfied. But it is clearly outperformed by SFS which offers almost the same features but is totally free.

Bye,
Thomas

Title: Re: PFS3 Questions
Post by: lempkee on October 03, 2003, 07:42:48 PM

pfs3 and sfs is very near each others, i used pfs3 for a long time (and before that pfs,pfs2) and i had no problems until it died...and it died bigtime! ...i switched to sfs and i am happy!

anyway i dont have a 2terrabyte big disk so i cant answer to your question , but i have a partision which is 75gb and that works fine :D , have 2-3 at 40gb and some smaller ones...

i use os3.9 and sfs (worked with pfs3 also).

Title: Re: PFS3 Questions
Post by: melott on October 03, 2003, 08:29:34 PM

Hmmm..;-)

Ok I'm running an A3k with OS 3.9, sounds like
I shouldn't have any problems with it.
And I can't beat the price.

Mel Ott

Title: Re: PFS3 Questions
Post by: Piru on October 03, 2003, 08:43:55 PM

I've used PFS for years (PFS, AFS, PFS2, PFS3) and never lost a file due to filesystem problem.

It supports drives upto 2 terabytes, providing the device interface (.device) support that large disk. Maximum partition size is about 100 gigabytes. I have a 96.4GB partition on my 120GB hard disk.

Another great feature is that PFS3 has working repair tools (not that I've really had to use them often).

However, the filesystem itself has nothing to do with partitioning the disk. You need to have working tool for that. For example Phase5/DCE SCSI interface has its' own tool: SCSIConfig. AmigaOS has HDToolBox, but it is known to have some problems with large disks before AmigaOS 3.9 version.

Also, NEVER try to low-level format a modern hard disk. NEVER try to format a partition >4Gig area without QUICK option. Always use QUICK.