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If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 18:20:50
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| Just thought this should be passed on to the wider community (instead of being hidden in a thread)
From another thread (link):
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Quoting Joerg: But I wont add support for files > 4 GB to SFS (The changes in the file system itself are quite easy, but it would not only make it incompatible to the current SFS but to all SFS tools as well.)
As long as "we" is only 2 AmigaOS4 users there wont be a 64 bit SFS2 from me. If there would have been more donations for SFS I would have created a 64 bit SFS2 already which could be used now for files > 4 GB, until there is a better 64 bit file system for AmigaOS4. Currently I'm only doing bugfixes and small improvements which don't need any incompatible changes to the SFS structures, but I wont add any new features to SFS. |
So if you want large-file support, it's time to let Joerg know that there are more than 2 people using SFS on AmigaOS4. You can do so at the by showing your appreciation for his work on the SFS homepage here.
Anoyone with a DVD-writer should be interested in large-file support as large DVD ISOs are larger than 4GB. Likewise this is an essential feature if we are ever to get modern video editing software back onto the Amiga. Note that currently no available file-system supports files >4GB (although they do support partitions larger than 4GB).
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 19:08:15
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I use SFS on my OS4 boot partition, and I want the support for file larger than 4Gb too!
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 19:10:05
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Hans wrote: Anoyone with a DVD-writer should be interested in large-file support as large DVD ISOs are larger than 4GB. Likewise this is an essential feature if we are ever to get modern video editing software back onto the Amiga.
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For this alone, we need greater than 4GB file support, although if you look at the file layout of commercial DVD's the files are all about 1Gb. For archiving and DVD .iso creation this is a must. _________________ Peter Swallow. A1XEG3-800 [IBM 750FX PowerPC], running OS4.1FE, using ac97 onboard sound.
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 19:15:03
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I use SFS here on OS4 and its great!!! Now for greater file size support, can we have it pls? _________________ A1XE G4 800mhz,512mb,Radeon9200,SonyDRU-510A and 800a,ESI Juli@, Sil680, WiFi. |
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 19:21:25
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| I also use SFS on all my partions. And I have a DVD burner in my Amiga which is quite useless until I get a filsystem which support atleast 9GB file size (dual layer DVD is 8.5GB and single layer is 4.7GB).
I don't mind at all if SFS get new structures and I have to reformat all partions with the new version. Just aslong as we get it
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 19:53:40
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 20:08:55
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| I use it, too on my Work Partition called Bob. What about 64Bit Support of FFS2 ? If you have a 8 GB file on HDD isn't it yet possible to copy it to DVD ? Or is there another program involved then OS4 ?
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 20:24:24
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I use it, too on my Work Partition called Bob. What about 64Bit Support of FFS2 ? If you have a 8 GB file on HDD isn't it yet possible to copy it to DVD ? Or is there another program involved then OS4 ? |
I've been told that FFS (or FFS2) don't support >4GB files and are unsuitable for large files anyway, as there is a large overhead involved for any file larger than a few megabytes (the overhead increases rapidly as the file-size increases). Hence 4GB+ files would be painful to use on an FFS partition even if it had the capability. So updating SFS is currently the best option.
With update 4 the DOS library supports 64-bit file access. All we need is a filesystem that also supports it. Of course, some programs will need to be modified to use the 64-bit functions as well.
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 20:29:42
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Beeblebrox wrote: I use it, too on my Work Partition called Bob. What about 64Bit Support of FFS2 ?
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Not worth the effort, believe me. The FFS data structures don't support more than 32 bits for fie sizes. While this could be tweaked (the 'long name version' of the FFS is a modification of the existing FFS data structures), you'd still have the problem that the larger FFS files become, the slower access to those files becomes at the same time. As I wrote, scalability is poor.
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If you have a 8 GB file on HDD isn't it yet possible to copy it to DVD ? Or is there another program involved then OS4 ?
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The FFS reimplementation won't let you create files that large. Before the file size can flip over the 4 GByte boundary (or 2 GByte boundary for the older version) it will refuse to store further data in the file. I'm not sure what the original FFS does, but my best guess is that it is not aware of any file size issues and happily steps into the void, like Wile E. Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons. |
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 21:04:43
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I also use SFS on BOTH my AmigaOne OS 4 systems. So yes, I also would like support for files > 4GB. _________________ AmigaOne-XE G3 OS 4. A4000 PPC A1200 PPC |
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 21:32:07
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Os4 doesn't support drives larger than 4gb???. Even 3.1/3.9 have its patch.
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 21:34:40
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Partitions larger than 4GB Yes, files larger than 2GB No... Last edited by Moly on 12-Feb-2006 at 09:43 PM.
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 21:58:41
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You can count me in on the larger file support. In time we could be creating DVD's on our Amigas & it's a must.
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 22:43:04
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Definitely. Besides, media files are getting bigger and bigger, so this is going to very soon change from "nice to have for this specific case" to "always need it"
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 12-Feb-2006 22:45:32
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 13-Feb-2006 0:02:48
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Ok let's fill his paypal account so he can start to make the change...
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 13-Feb-2006 0:42:56
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i'm for it too. large files, filenames, (comments are a must have too, don't drop it) and large disks / partions support too. i'll try to do a small donation to sfs next month.
though i'd like to hear about other os4 specialists opinion (official ones) on the matters. is sfs supported by hyperion, i mean on the long term is sfs will be the official fs for os4? if not, do they have another plan? i can't think they plan to stay with poorly specced fs, they must have either some plan about updating ffs, or let the place for some or competent fs. sfs might be it, what do you think? (hyperion, and everyone else.) what are the plans for the future on this point ? shall we all support sfs?
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 13-Feb-2006 0:48:20
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weeeeeeeeeird. my work partition is also called Bob. :) My sys: partition is called Bub. :) _________________ AOS4 Betatester, Peg2, G4@1ghz, Radeon 9250 256mb, 1gb RAM.
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 13-Feb-2006 1:18:48
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though i'd like to hear about other os4 specialists opinion (official ones) on the matters. is sfs supported by hyperion, i mean on the long term is sfs will be the official fs for os4? | No. |
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Re: If you want AmigaOS4 SFS to support large (>4GB) files ... Posted on 13-Feb-2006 3:18:47
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that makes me wonder what's their plans ;) ..on the top of that they implemented 64bit dos support, one step in this direction, i suppose they won't stop here.
anyway, sfs was alway a quality choice for fs and served well.. deserve respect and support imho.
about os4 official fs, we'll see in due time what they're after :) ..think it might "mutate at some point :)
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