| From: | Warren Katchmar |
| Date: | 15 Aug 2000 at 04:34:45 |
| Subject: | Re: Changing from FFS to SFS or PFS (or from SFS/PFS to FFS etc.) |
Hello Xavier
> On 14-Aug-00, Warren Katchmar wrote:
>>> 1. Backup all data on the FFS partition that you wish to change to SFS.
>>> 2. Next use HDToolbox (or preferably the util you used to setup your
>>> HD)
>>> Change the filesystem from FFS to SFS.
>>> (copy the SFS filesystem file to to the L: directory first)
>>> Then tell your HD prep util to save the changes.
>> On step 2, I was not sure about which filesystem to use. I went to
>> HDToolbox and clicked on Change . . . Then I had the following choices:
>> standard file system
>> custom file system
>> uni\01 file system
>> I chose the uni\01 file system
>> It seem to work. I was able to format it with sfsformat and it came up
>> okay.
> This strikes me as bad. I assume UNI/01 to be a unix type file system, I
> dunno why that'd be available.
> Step 2 *SHOULD* have been (depending on how much HDToolBox has changed)
> to go to the add/update filesystem part and add SFS, and then SFS should
> have been available as an option in the file system select list. At least
> thats how it worked for me on PFS.
Yes, I did go to the add/update filesystem part and added SFS. Then I went
to the part on step 2 and I did not see the SFS file choice? Just the
ones I listed and that is why I chose uni\01.
> Either way I expect someone else will chime in to confirm or deny.
Yes, I would like to know if I did it right.