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2020
2 Jun
'20
6:14 a.m.
From: Ronald Natalie
The V6 file system was limited to 2^24 blocks
No, 2^16; from filsys.h:
int s_fsize; /* size in blocks of entire volume */
and of course on an -11 an int is 16 bits.
Maybe you're thinking of the file size, which was 2^24 bytes (max).
Noel
2 Jun
2 Jun
7:26 a.m.
New subject: DEC RL01/RL02 RX01/RX02 Disk Image Creator
You are right. 16 bit block numbers 24 bit file size for V6.
On Jun 1, 2020, at 8:14 PM, Noel Chiappa
<jnc(a)mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
From: Ronald Natalie
The V6 file system was limited to 2^24 blocks
No, 2^16; from filsys.h:
int s_fsize; /* size in blocks of entire volume */
and of course on an -11 an int is 16 bits.
Maybe you're thinking of the file size, which was 2^24 bytes (max).
Noel
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