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DC-FFS to SFS?
« on: August 04, 2007, 01:34:13 PM »
How do I go about moving from DC-FFS to SFS?  I'm kinda scared. :-?

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Re: DC-FFS to SFS?
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2007, 01:45:21 PM »
you have to backup your FFS partition... install SFS in you HD RDB (with the new SFS identifier), rise the dosbuffers at leat to 400 and copyback you data on the new SFS formatted partition.

 

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Re: DC-FFS to SFS?
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2007, 02:47:13 PM »
And if you haven't ever backed-up before, then make DAMN sure that your backup is working!
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Re: DC-FFS to SFS?
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2007, 08:08:28 PM »
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Framiga wrote:
you have to backup your FFS partition... install SFS in you HD RDB (with the new SFS identifier), rise the dosbuffers at leat to 400 and copyback you data on the new SFS formatted partition.



What is the HD RDB?

 :-?

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Re: DC-FFS to SFS?
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2007, 08:09:30 PM »
Yep.  Knew that.   :-P

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Re: DC-FFS to SFS?
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2007, 08:28:03 PM »
Also, is there a step-by-step tutorial or guide somewhere?

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Re: DC-FFS to SFS?
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2007, 11:08:30 PM »
The SFS Docs explain things pretty well
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Re: DC-FFS to SFS?
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2007, 11:30:41 PM »
DUH!!!  I didn't even think to look in the archive....


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