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PFS3 Does Not Install - Error
« on: August 13, 2011, 08:09:49 PM »
The archive from Aminet has a bug, missing file not included in the archive or that the script needs to be updated and corrected. Not impressed.

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Re: PFS3 Does Not Install - Error
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2011, 10:00:49 PM »
I know Franko, but I grow weary of this kind of laziness from developers. I was a software tester for about 5 years and I know they never try anything they just compiled / packaged. And make gross assumptions about what "users" should know or do.

Not my job. And does not inspire much confidence about the other thousand lines of code to follow...
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Re: PFS3 Does Not Install - Error
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2011, 10:52:43 PM »
Quote from: Piru;654552
It appears that the release archive is missing the DirectSCSI version of the filesystem for 68000/68010 (PFS3/data/#?/fs/#?PFS3ds). If you install on 68020, 68030, 68040 or 68060 system it should work just fine.

Assuming you're running on 68000 or 68010 and want to install you can select the expert mode where you get to choose the CPU type (choosing for example 68020 will bypass the problem). After the installer has completed you can manually copy over the existing 68000/68010 filesystem versions.

Of course this doesn't help the fact that 68000/68010 directscsi version is missing.


I switched from intermediate install to expert. This got me around the problem and got to choose the 030 version.

Then hit another missing file:


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Re: PFS3 Does Not Install - Error
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2011, 11:14:29 PM »
I don't Piru, I'm just making a point; at this point.

I did get it installed and all my enthusiasm for it is now extinguished.

QA was never a strong point of Amiga I suppose. At least it's in Aminet now where it belongs.
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Re: PFS3 Does Not Install - Error
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2011, 02:28:09 AM »
Ok, took my grumpy ass self back to the computer and I'm now formatting my 1st PFS3 partition using the PFSFormat command!

Funny, the author made a cartoon that depicts me almost perfectly, using his software for the 1st 10 minutes, HEHEHEHE :lol:

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Re: PFS3 Does Not Install - Error
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2011, 10:44:31 PM »
How big can a PFS3 partition be? Trying to make one now and having some show stoppers...
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Re: PFS3 Does Not Install - Error
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2011, 01:08:55 AM »
Thanks, I had to add the direct PFS3 file system to get my big partition to format, all good now.

I may be crazy but this seems to solve some old trouble with my Deneb setup. I can keep my CPU caches enabled now and run Poseidon now.

I have not installed any boingbags yet and may just keep it that way.


As far as speed goes, I see 0 improvement over FFS. Experiential, not test run.
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Re: PFS3 Does Not Install - Error
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2011, 06:09:16 PM »
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I've seen improvements with PFS3 over FFS and SFS, respectively.  In particular, YAM loads folders faster and my drawer with hundreds of PNG icons displays more quickly.

One thing I have noticed, though, is if you enter "version dh0:" against a volume with FFS or SFS you will get the version of the filesystem returned, same if you use Amiga-I on the volume icon.  You will not get any return on a PFS3-formatted volume.

I'm not concerned with volume size, at the moment.  I have an 18GB SCSI drive in my system and use SMBFS to map a shared drive from a box running RAID.  That 18GB drive is obnoxiously loud so I may replace it at some point with a reasonably sized CF with an IDE-to-SCSI or one of those SCSI-CF I've seen floating around.


I had to install IconBeFast, really pitiful how slow 256 color icons load on my system, I guess I must blame the Picasso II. I have right now on my new drive:

A3000 25MHz load of RAM
AOS3.9 8bit screen mode (256C) 1024x768 using Picasso96.
PFS3, of course.
The drive is a Seagate Ultra320 Cheetah.
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