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From: max AT alcyone DOT darkside DOT com (Erik Max Francis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Many small files versus big clusters
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 95 07:50:36 PDT
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"A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk> writes:

>   I don't want to be hassled with those things. From what I have heard these
> are troublesome to (go back to plain DOS file format from) if people don't
> want them after all, and liable to interfere with things or to corrupt files
> if the computer is switched off in mid process.

Buy a new hard drive.  Hard drive prices are really cheap these days 
(at least they are in the US).

>   I don't want lots of little partitions so I don't know which logical drive
> any given directory is in and each directory when wanting more space can only
> get at its own partition's spare space and not other partitions' spare space.
> Having 2 hard disks it is enough hassle remembering which of my stuff is on C
> and which is on D:.

If you think DJGPP isn't worth it, then don't use it.  It's really as 
simple as that.  No one's forcing you to use it, after all.


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