PFS3 questions and observations

[jedcooper]

i also had issues with SFS, FFS, PFS regarding long filenames.
now i finally put the latest and freeware (?) version of PFS on my A1200 with a <4GB HDD.

i partitioned, updated etc. and formatted the disk as described in the guide.

AND !IMPORTANT! set the filelength to 107 for every partition.
no problems since then again with long filenames!

everything's fine now, DOpus 4.12 can't handle the long filenames, as it could in FFS/SFS (but SFS sometimes failed) so i have to use DiskMaster2 now for fiddling around with files. :-/

[jedcooper]

Im still using FFS on a CF and want to use these speed up of PFS, but im afraid to loss my mods and scene collection from my first a1200.

what about a backup? PCMCIA -> CF and you're done. BUT! i recommend to LHA ALL the files first and only put the .lha file on the CF because i seldom but had issues of not correct information of files saved in fat95 on CF. with .lha you preserve amiga filestructures. and can extract on windows machine with f.e. 7z.

btw. you DO HAVE TO format and copy all files back if you setup new file system for a partition. but you can do step by step if you got big/more partitions, copy one to another, install filesystem on one, format, copy another back to one... etc.

[jedcooper]

about performance:
did some tests with SysSpeed V2.6 and PFS > SFS > FFS.
only some deletion of files is faster in FFS.
don't know how representative the results are, but i did more than one test with every filesystem believe me
PFS so far was a good choice. no issues anymore here.
 
btw: i was asked for the link of PFS "freeware" it's on aminet. even KS1.3 version. n1!!!

[jedcooper]

ps: this link is the latest version of PFS?

the kick 2.0+ version (i use it with 3.1 kick and 3.1 OS) as far as i know and can see on aminet. v5.3.
the filesystem itself "says" another version installing to RDB f.e. but that's normal or nothing to worry about.
the package is v5.3.
i must admit i did not test or further investigate the kick 1.3 version