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The patch files included in this archive serve to update
versions 40.1 and 40.4 of Commodore's FastFileSystem and
version 38.2 of Commodore's CLI command "Info" to handle
partitions larger than 4 GB. The new filesystem provides
support for the TD64 standard, which has been defined by
an independent group of third-party Amiga developers. The
trackdisk64 specification itself is available from Aminet
sites (dev/misc/trackdisk64.lha). It is supported by:
Dan Babcock
Ralph Babel
Jamie Cooper
Randell Jesup
Oliver Kastl
Bernhard Möllemann
Matthias Scheler
Ralph Schmidt
Michael B. Smith
Features of the new filesystem:
- supports TD64 API for TD64-aware devices.
- supports HD_SCSICMD for non-TD64-aware devices, so almost
everyone with a working Direct SCSI interface can use hard
disks larger than 4 GB without any device update (which
may be impossible for older hardware).
ATTENTION:
Don't create partitions greater than 2GB(Dos Limitation)
- supports TD_GETGEOMETRY (to update a removable medium's
geometry automatically). The following devices are known
to implement TD_GETGEOMETRY:
1230scsi.device(Phase5's Blizzard I-IV,Blizzard 1260)
2060scsi.device(Phase5's Blizzard 2060)
ALF.device(BSC's Alf Controller)
carddisk.device
cybscsi.device(CyberSCSI I-II)
dracoscsi.device(Macrosystem's Draco)
oktagon.device(BSC's Oktagon)
omniscsi.device(Ralph Babel's GuruRom)
trackdisk.device
z3scsi.device(Phase5's Fastlane Z3)
The following devices are known to be potentially incompatible
and are mapped out for the DriveGeometry functionality.
The list currently includes:
scsi.device (All CBM SCSI Devices)
HardFrame.device (Microbotics HardFrame)
scsidev.device (GVP Series I)
hddisk.device (CBM A2090)
statram.device (Ram Disk)
ramdrive.device (Ram Disk)
- MountList/DOSDrivers/RDB entries for cyclinder, surfaces,
and sectors are no longer limited to 16-bit quantities.
- automatically disables TD64 for drivers that are known to
be potentially incompatible. The list currently includes:
HardFrame.device (Microbotics HardFrame)
statram.device (Ram Disk)
ramdrive.device (Ram Disk)
- automatically disables SCSIDirect for drivers that are known
to be potentially incompatible. The list currently includes:
scsidev.device (GVP Series I)
hddisk.device (CBM A2090)
statram.device (Ram Disk)
ramdrive.device (Ram Disk)
If you create a partition >4GB border the FFS can't handle
this case for these devices.
- an RDB extension to manually disable certain FFS tests for
broken drivers the TD64 developers were not aware of:
de_Control, bit 0: set to 1 to skip TD_GETGEOMETRY test
de_Control, bit 1: set to 1 to skip TD64 test
de_Control, bit 2: set to 1 to mark a device as broken scsidirekt
- a TD64-/HD_SCSICMD-aware Format command is in the works.
INSTALLATION:
If your l:fastfilesystem is 40.4 then use this shell line
spatch -ol:fastfilesystem_44_1 -pfastfilesystem_40_4.patch l:fastfilesystem
If your l:fastfilesystem is 40.1 then use this shell line
spatch -ol:fastfilesystem_44_1 -pfastfilesystem_40_1.patch l:fastfilesystem
RELEASENOTES:
o 44.4
- Sorry..the 44.3 init fix wasn`t perfect and the BUMP didn`t work
o 44.3
- Fixed a de_Control problem which could lead to failed inits
o 44.2
- Fixed a problem with detecting >4GB access.
o 44.1
- Initial Release
BUGREPORTS:
o Bugreports about a crashing ffs are WORTHLESS if you don't provide
segtracker/tnt(both tools are on Aminet and a MUST HAVE) informations.
ATTENTION:
Probably not all devices which are incompatible with this FFS patch
are listed in the disable tables. Therefore we need the feedback for
incompatible and ancient devices.
PROBLEMS
o Don`t use REORG on a partition after the 4GB border
o Don`t use DiskSalv on a partition after the 4GB border
o Don`t use AmibackTools on a partition after the 4GB border
o Don`t use QuarterbackTools on a partition after the 4GB border
o Don`t use DynamiCache on a partition after the 4GB border
laire@popmail.owl.de (Ralph Schmidt)