[uae] Re: Hardfile size limitations
- From: Toni Wilen <twilen@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: uae@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:01:38 +0300
Hi All
This topic came up on the forum on amigans.net. I thought I'd direct your
attention to this post from Joerg Strohmayer:
http://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=11977#forumpost11977
I'm acquainted with Joerg through working on AmigaOS4.0, and he really does
know his stuff. There's some good information in that post.
There is one non-listed restriction: OS3.1 (not everyone have OS3.5+)
and older apparently do not like >65535 cylinders.
This is the most common cause for >= 1G non-mounting non-rdb hardfiles
because 1G = 32 (tracks) * 1 (heads) * 512 (blocksize) * 65536 (cyls)
(unfortunately we can't change default "geometry" because it would break
compatibility with old hardfiles..)
btw, I refuse to register or post in "those kinds" of forums. (don't
really want to say more in public list or it would end in flames..)
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