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Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2003 17:29:10 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: HDD cache size choice with OS/2

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In <5.1.0.14.2.20030602144232.025127e0@mail.vcnet.com>, on 06/02/03
at 02:51 PM, Steve Carter said:

>My 36GB 10Krpm SCSI drive, intended for a new eCS 1.1 installation soon,
>has a 4KB cache and I anticipate no cache issues during installation.

4KB? :-)

>It is possible to add HPFS 386 a W4 system, but I have not tried it. I
>don't know how it would react to/coexist with the new LVM. Perhaps this
>is an opportunity to go to JFS for all but booting (JFS is not yet
>bootable).

HPFS386 works fine on LVM. Recall that LVM was introduced first for WSeB
where HPFS386 is prevalent.

JFS is a good way to go. It appears to be pretty stable these days. It
is significantly faster for many operations.

Steven

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