Re: Freeware V6 won't mount on old versions of VMS
From: David J Dachtera (djesys.nospam_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/06/04
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Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 21:00:55 -0600
Bob Kaplow wrote:
>
> Not sure if this is a 'bug' or a 'feature', but I just discovered that the
> VMS Freeware V6 CD is incompatible with older versions of VMS. It looks like
> the problem is that the disk was INITed with a cluster size of 1, resulting
> in too many clusters on the disk to be mapped by 'traditional' VMS.
>
> I couldn't mount it on my 7.1-2 system, but could mount it on 7.3-2.
I could see that. At a /CLUSTER_SIZE of .GT. 1, you end up a lot of
wasted space on a volume with many files.
With the capacity disparity between DVD and CD, that's a tough one to
live with.
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