[Coco] Large file deletion fails on NitrOS9/6309

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 28 May 2020 21:52:57 Alex Evans wrote:

> I though the 24 bit value as the LSN and addressed sectors whether or
> not the sectors per cluster was 1. Isn't the 24-bit LSN size the
> source of the 4GB volume limit while the DAM maxes out at 64kB or 2^19
> entries.

DD.SAS at $20 allows more efficient filling of that 2 byte sector count, 
so a lot bigger file can be handled w/o filling up all 48 segments.

Cluster size is how many sectors each bit of the 64K of maximum FAT 
represents.  And generally there is no interaction between them.

> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 8:07 PM Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> 
wrote:
> > Well I'd guess that the nightly NitrOS-9 builds are created with
> > Toolshed which might then be a problem.
> >
> > If you have a Windows system, try imgtool.exe or wimgtool.exe which
> > can work with OS-9 disks if they are labled .os9. These programs
> > might work better for you than Toolshed using large files.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > Jeff Teunissen wrote:
> > > The file *was* put on the disk using Toolshed, and as it turns
> > > out, that was the problem.
> > >
> > ><snip>
> >
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