From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 23 23:40:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA09048 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 23:40:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA09038 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 23:40:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA25313; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 16:09:54 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199608240639.QAA25313@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: DOS root directory? To: rnordier@iafrica.com (Robert Nordier) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 16:09:54 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, brianc@pobox.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199608240611.IAA01310@eac.iafrica.com> from "Robert Nordier" at Aug 24, 96 08:10:59 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Robert Nordier stands accused of saying: > > Uhm, actually it doesn't indicate use of FIPS (which wouldn't affect > the cluster or root directory size). Hmm, I've only seen this warning reported by people who'd used FIPS to shrink DOS filesystems across a cluster-size boundary. I don't have any DOS filesystems that big, so I've never seen it myself. Thanks for the clarification. > Robert Nordier (geez, my accuracy ratio has fallen right off. time to be quiet for a while 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[