SFS replacement on OS 2.0?

Amiga1992 · 20 February 2009, 14:40

I'm trying to install a reliable filesystem on my CF card for my A600, however, SFS will not work on anything lower than OS3.0.

Is there another reliable filesystem that I could use, that runs on a lowly 2.x machine?

StingRay · 20 February 2009, 14:55

You could try an older SFS version which might work on OS2.0. Check here.

Supamax · 20 February 2009, 16:09

Is SFS so much better than FFS?
Which are the main reasons for you to prefer it?

Toni Wilen · 20 February 2009, 16:30

PFS3 but finding it can be difficult... Best feature is DirectSCSI = A600/A1200 IDE max 8G support without any other patches. ("Only" max 8G due to another limit in built-in IDE driver..)

Amiga1992 · 20 February 2009, 16:56

Isn't PFS3 commercial?

Stingray: thanks for that ! You think it's stable? Anybody has experience with this old SFS running on an A600?

Toni Wilen · 20 February 2009, 17:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

Isn't PFS3 commercial?

Yeah. Nearly impossible to find legally

Retro-Nerd · 20 February 2009, 17:38

I'm surprisded that there was never an attempt to write a freeware Amiga file system which works for all modern PC drives.

Amiga1992 · 20 February 2009, 18:19

What do you mean, Retronerd?
There is a FFS implementation in linux if i remember correctly, but I never tried it.

Will have to try this older SFS.

Retro-Nerd · 20 February 2009, 18:28

I meant a freeware file system for Classic Amiga. OS3.5/3.9, IDE-Fix, PFS3... they are all commercial. There are only patches like TD64, right?

Amiga1992 · 20 February 2009, 19:06

SFS is freeware and works great.

Toni Wilen · 20 February 2009, 19:07

SFS with directscsi would be perfect, unfortunately it was removed long time ago

Retro-Nerd · 20 February 2009, 19:10

Supports the current SFS any Amiga Partition size/ PC HDD size properly?

StingRay · 20 February 2009, 19:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

Isn't PFS3 commercial?

Stingray: thanks for that ! You think it's stable? Anybody has experience with this old SFS running on an A600?

I am using SFS since 1999 (I think) and never had problems with it. I also used v1.58 (the version that might work on 2.0) for more than a year and it worked fine. I didn't ever use it on a 2.xx machine though so I don't know how reliable it is on such systems.

thomas · 20 February 2009, 19:14

SFS is free, isn't it ?

zipper · 20 February 2009, 19:25

http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/SFS/
KS 2.04 and up.

StingRay · 20 February 2009, 19:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomas

SFS is free, isn't it ?

Yeah, it's freeware.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zipper

http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/SFS/
KS 2.04 and up.

Check the link I posted.

thomas · 20 February 2009, 22:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by StingRay

Check the link I posted.

Both links are old. The latest version of SFS by John Hendrikx is http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/SFS184.lha (see directory listing at http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/ ).

StingRay · 20 February 2009, 23:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomas

Both links are old. The latest version of SFS by John Hendrikx is http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/SFS184.lha (see directory listing at http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/ ).

I posted links to the old version for a reason. As I am not sure if the latest version on John Hendrikx site still works on 2.0 machines.

alexh · 21 February 2009, 00:04

I thought that SFS particularly the later versions is 020+ only?

Amiga1992 · 21 February 2009, 01:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by StingRay

I posted links to the old version for a reason. As I am not sure if the latest version on John Hendrikx site still works on 2.0 machines.

Yup, but Alexh makesa lot of sense, this might be 020+ only! I gotta check...

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20 February 2009, 14:55	#2
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	You could try an older SFS version which might work on OS2.0. Check here.

20 February 2009, 16:09	#3
Supamax Da Digger :) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Monza, Italy Posts: 2,822	Is SFS so much better than FFS? Which are the main reasons for you to prefer it?

20 February 2009, 16:30	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,532	PFS3 but finding it can be difficult... Best feature is DirectSCSI = A600/A1200 IDE max 8G support without any other patches. ("Only" max 8G due to another limit in built-in IDE driver..)

20 February 2009, 16:56	#5
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Isn't PFS3 commercial? Stingray: thanks for that ! You think it's stable? Anybody has experience with this old SFS running on an A600?

20 February 2009, 17:38	#7
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,453	I'm surprisded that there was never an attempt to write a freeware Amiga file system which works for all modern PC drives.

20 February 2009, 18:19	#8
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	What do you mean, Retronerd? There is a FFS implementation in linux if i remember correctly, but I never tried it. Will have to try this older SFS.

20 February 2009, 18:28	#9
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,453	I meant a freeware file system for Classic Amiga. OS3.5/3.9, IDE-Fix, PFS3... they are all commercial. There are only patches like TD64, right?

20 February 2009, 19:06	#10
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	SFS is freeware and works great.

20 February 2009, 19:07	#11
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,532	SFS with directscsi would be perfect, unfortunately it was removed long time ago

20 February 2009, 19:10	#12
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,453	Supports the current SFS any Amiga Partition size/ PC HDD size properly?

20 February 2009, 19:14	#14
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,003	SFS is free, isn't it ?

20 February 2009, 19:25	#15
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,839	http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/SFS/ KS 2.04 and up.

21 February 2009, 00:04	#19
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,379	I thought that SFS particularly the later versions is 020+ only?

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