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- FFS2AFS Converter (PRO)
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- Included in this version is an FFS2AFS converter. This program will
- convert your standard Fast File System partitions to Ami-FileSafe format.
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- Warning - While the converter program makes every attempt to ensure your
- data is safe (In the event of a system crash or power loss) you could under
- rare circumstances lose data. We therefore suggest you make a backup of
- your FFS partition before running the converter.
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- When you get to section 6E in the installation procedure (in the manual)
- you can instead of creating a new partition convert one of your current FFS
- partitions to AFS:-
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- a) Choose an FFS (Standard, International or directory cache) partition to
- convert to AFS.
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- If you are using the User version of Ami-FileSafe then you should only try
- to convert an FFS partition which is on a hard drive whose size is less
- than 650MB. Don not forget that the user version of Ami-FileSafe can only
- be used on one hard drive, so do not try to convert partitions from more
- than one drive.
-
- You now need to ensure you have at least 10% of the partition free. If
- you do not then you will need to either compress, delete or move off some
- files to free up enough space for the conversion.
-
- b) At this point you may want to re-organize this partition to improve
- performance. If you decide to do this you will need a shareware program
- called "Reorg". You should optimize your FFS partition with "Free blocks
- after boot block" selected (From the advanced options menu).
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- c) Open a shell and type:
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- ffs2afs name:
-
- Where 'name' is the name of an FFS partition that you wish to convert to
- AFS.
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- You will asked if you wish to proceed, if you type 'y' then that partition
- will be converted to AFS.
-
- If the converter program fails due to lack of free space:
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- Wait until the FFS partition is validated. Go back and free up some more
- space on that partition before trying again.
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- If the conversion finishes sucessfully:
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- Reboot your Amiga.
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- The partition you converted should now be useable as normal. You may
- repeat this procedure for other FFS partitions if you wish.
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