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- Using the Ami-FileSafe on your harddisk
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- Features of Ami-FileSafe
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- - AFS has much faster disk access than FFS.
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- - AFS will store (On average) more data than FFS on the same disk.
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- - AFS gives vastly improved directory scanning.
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- - AFS is SAFE - If you crash your machine whilst writing Ami-FileSafe
- partitions will not (unlike OFS & FFS) become invalidated
- or corrupt.
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- Restrictions and requirements
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- The demonstration version of Ami-FileSafe will not handle partitions of
- more than 10MB. It can be installed and automouted in the RidgidBootBlock.
- Standard mountlists are also supported. Autobooting is supported. Memory
- usage depends on the number of buffers selected.
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- The full version of Ami-FileSafe is available from Fourth Level
- Developments priced £69.95.
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- The full version of Ami-File Safe also:
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- - Supports partitions of upto 2GB.
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- - Is supported by a new Vesion of DiskSalv (By Dave Haynie) (Out soon)
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- - Supports floppy disks.
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- - Supports MultiUser File System.
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- - Comes boxed with a full printed manual including instructions on how to
- use its most advanced features.
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- There is an order form at the end of this file.
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- Preparing installation
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- Select or make a suitable partition. All the data in the selected
- partition will be destroyed when installing Ami-FileSafe, so make sure you
- make a backup. Ami-FileSafe must be installed in the l: directory. You
- can do this by double clicking on the Install or Install020 (For 68020+
- machines) icon.
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- Installing Ami-FileSafe on the partition
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- Now you can install Ami-FileSafe on the RidgidDiskBlock. You can use
- Commodore's HDToolbox, which is supplied with the Workbench software, for
- this purpose. With the same tool you can install AFS on a partition. We
- assume here that you will use HDToolbox. If you use another tool you
- should refer to its documentation.
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- Select 'advanced options' in the the partitioning window. A number of
- extra buttons appear. Click on 'add/update...' and then click 'Add New
- File System...'. Type in 'L:Ami-FileSafe' for the name of the file system.
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- Set the dostype field to '0x41465301' and then select ok. Go back to
- the partitioning window, select the desired partition and select the
- 'change...' button. Select the just added Ami-FileSafe (AFS\1). Use all
- the default options: automount on, block size 512, 2 reservered blocks.
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- If you are using an older version of HDToolBox and the is not a
- 'change' button then click on 'Custom File System' and then type
- '0x41465301' into the dostype field.
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- Change the 'buffers' field to a value between 50-200 depending on how
- much memory you have free (1 Buffer = 1K).
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- Now select ok and the partioning menu will appear again. Fill in the
- name you want the device to have in the 'Partition Device Name' field, e.g.
- 'DH1'. If you want to boot from the disk you have to set the the bootable
- flag. Go back to the main screen and save the changes.
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- Ami-FileSafe should be installed on the partition now. Reboot and
- format the partition from workbench. If you have done something wrong then
- go back and start again.
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- Differences with FFS/OFS
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- When you use the c:list command the 'blocks used' information will be
- too high. The list command assumes every file consumes a block of free
- space to use as headerblock. AFS uses blocks much more efficiently.
- Usually the real number of blocks used is the given amount minus the number
- of files listed. You can check this with the "info" command, which will
- report the correct amount.
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- Directory tools like Directory Opus have the same problem with their
- spaceleft figure during a copy session. You'll notice that after copying
- is finished the figure will go up to the correct figure.
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- This means that an AFS disk stores more data than an FFS disk.
- Ami-FileSafe uses a larger proportion of blocks for data storage.
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- There is a feature of AFS which tells programs asking the filesystem
- information about a Ami-FileSafe disk that it is an FFS disk. This is done
- to prevent those programs from saying it's not a dos disk without giving
- the information requested to the user (e.g. the "info" command).
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- AmigaDos compatibility
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- All Amiga-Dos features are implemented and you shouldn't have any
- problems with OS-Legal programs. Some programs such as games and disk
- utilities which are not OS-legal will not work with Ami-FileSafe.
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- N.B. If you use Directory Opus then we suggest you disable the progress
- indicator to speed up file operations.
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- Benchmarks
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- Test FFS AFS Units
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- DirScan 409 1780 Files/Second
- Create 227 1073 K/Second
- Read 244 1363 K/Second
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- The DirScan, Create and Read tests were done with DiskSpeed V4.2
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- SeekTest (x100) 53.6 4.4 Seconds
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- SeekTest was done using a custom program (Source code available on request).
- It performs the following sequence:
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- Seek Start of file
- Write 4 Bytes
- Seek to End of file
- Write 4 Bytes
- Repeat
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- Reviews
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- A review of Ami-FileSafe is available from Aminet and
- comp.sys.amiga.reviews. If you would like this review send to you then
- please ask.
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- Contacts
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- If you are having problems with Ami-FileSafe or would like some more
- information then please contact Fourth Level Developments not Amiga
- Shopper.
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- Tel: 0117 985 4455 (6 Lines)
- Fax: 0117 955 9157
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- Email: support@flevel.demon.co.uk
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- Mail: Fourth Level Developments
- 31, Ashley Hill
- Montpelier
- Bristol
- BS6 5JA
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- Ami-File Safe Order Form
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- Please rush me ____ copies of Ami-FileSafe V2.01
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- [ ] I wish to buy Ami-FileSafe at the full price of 69.75UKP
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- [ ] I wish to buy Ami-FileSafe at the PFS registered users price of 35.00UKP
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- Amount £______ (Please add 2.50UKP for P&P).
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- Name _________________________________________
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- Address _____________________________________________________________
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- Tel ________________
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- Fax ________________
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- Email ________________
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- [ ] I enclose a cheque for the full amount.
- Cheques payable to Fourth Level Developments.
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- [ ] I enclose a EuroCheque for the full amount.
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- [ ] I enclose UKP (in cash) for the full amount.
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- [ ] Please send details of how to use the email support system.
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- Signed ________________________
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