[Coco] Some OS9 Questions

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 29 July 2007, Bob Devries wrote:
>I think that the usual style of defragmentation, that is, splitting of files
>into fragments, is fairly unusual on hard discs with a coco.
>
>However, the splitting up of directories, which after all, is just another
>file, does happen frequently.
>
>Also, if related files are scattered across the disk, this will also slow
>down the reading.
>
>My $0.02
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark McDougall" <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au>
>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 10:46 AM
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Some OS9 Questions
>
>> Joel Ewy wrote:
>>> I think a good disk defragmenter would make a
>>> good project for somebody.
>>
>> Interesting - I would've thought that with a Coco, given the fact that a
>> HDD can move data much faster than the Coco can process, plus the fact
>> that (I would _imagine_) most files aren't going to be very big, that
>> fragmentation isn't going to be a performance factor at all?!?
>>
>> Quite willing to be proven wrong...
>>
>> Regards,
>>
Fragmentation on a hard drive can be reduced considerably by permanently 
setting sas=FF in the disk descriptor using dmode as part of the startup, or 
the appropriate byte can be adjusted in the bootfile with dEd, but be sure 
to 'v'erify the file before rebooting or you just hosed the bootfile.

This will cause any file allocation to be given a contiguous 255 sectors when 
a file is opened for writing.  The system will give the unused portion back 
when the file is closed.

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