Does SFS (SmartFileSystem) work with KS 2.04?

[woody.cool]

Well, like the topic says:

Does SFS (SmartFileSystem) work with KS 2.04?

I know it works with 3.1, but I'd like to use it on my A3000 which has 2.04 ROMs

[Shoonay]

I guess some version back it did, maybe, for now it's 3.x only.

[Bloodwych]

Hey woody.cool!

Looking at the old page, it mentions working with kickstart 2.04:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/SFS/download.htm

As Shooney said, the newer webpage says Amiga OS 3.x

It's probably mentioned in the docs that come with the full package. I know an 020 is a requirement however.

[woody.cool]

Originally Posted by Bloodwych

Hey woody.cool!

Looking at the old page, it mentions working with kickstart 2.04:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/SFS/download.htm

As Shooney said, the newer webpage says Amiga OS 3.x

It's probably mentioned in the docs that come with the full package. I know an 020 is a requirement however.

Not 100% sure on this, but someone on ClassicAmiga forum tells me it does work with Amiga OS 2.x but only if you have 68020 or higher processor.

[thomas]

Main changes between 2.x and 3.x went into Graphics and Intuition. DOS didn't change so much. So every file system working on 3.x should work in 2.x, too. It wouldn't make much sense to use graphics functions in a file system.

[jPV]

Originally Posted by Bloodwych

Looking at the old page, it mentions working with kickstart 2.04:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/SFS/download.htm

And if you want the latest SFS from original author, take a look at http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/ instead of that download page . 1.84 is the latest and it has worked fine on my A1200 for years.

[Bloodwych]

Originally Posted by jPV

And if you want the latest SFS from original author, take a look at http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/ instead of that download page . 1.84 is the latest and it has worked fine on my A1200 for years.

Did you ever try the reported "Direct SCSI" capabilities of the SFS v1.84 package under Workbench 3.0/1? I'm just wondering if the 8GB support (over the FFS 4GB standard) offered via this method has worked for you.

[thomas]

Originally Posted by Bloodwych

Did you ever try the reported "Direct SCSI" capabilities of the SFS v1.84 package under Workbench 3.0/1? I'm just wondering if the 8GB support (over the FFS 4GB standard) offered via this method has worked for you.

I just tried SFS 1.84 on WinUAE with a KS 2.05 / WB 2.1 / A600 setup and yes, it works. You can access 7.8 GB without any other patches.

[alexh]

Originally Posted by thomas

I just tried SFS 1.84 on A600 setup

You have an A600 turbo card?

[Bloodwych]

Thanks Thomas - that's tremendous news. If people like jPV have been using v1.84 for years without issues, it seems like a really good version to support in my packs.

I can now officially say the ClassicWB packs support up to 8GB without any extra patches like IDEfix, if they use SFS v1.84 which I'll provide in the pack.

8GB should be enough for many users. I've now updated my 4GB sticky thread in the ClassicWB forum.

[Toni Wilen]

I'd recommend PFS3 but unfortunately it is commercial.

OS2+ and 68000-compatible but has 68020+ version too. Includes separate DirectSCSI versions.

[jPV]

Originally Posted by Bloodwych

Did you ever try the reported "Direct SCSI" capabilities of the SFS v1.84 package under Workbench 3.0/1? I'm just wondering if the 8GB support (over the FFS 4GB standard) offered via this method has worked for you.

Nope, I've had larger drives than 8GB almost as long as I remember, so I've patched the scsi.device and used the normal version... last years and currently I'm having 80GB drive formatted with SFS 1.84 as single partition on IDE port. And some larger SCSI-drives, but they don't need device patching with my controller... just SFS.