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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Free HD space and PANICRe: Free HD space and PANIC
From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:16:12 +0100 At 01:00 17/06/03 +0200, you wrote: >c s wrote: >>Can this fix also be extended to provide the correct >>amount of free space in the info menu? I know that the >>free space readout is wrong because of Microsoft's >>buggy and inconsistant behavior, but we wouldn't be >>the first ones to program around MS bugs. > >It is actually very simple. All we have to do is search the entire FAT for >free clusters and sum them up. That takes quite a few seconds, depending >on the size of the FAT. We have code that does exactly that, but only in >the debug menu. > >If the user accepts this (battery-draining) behaviour, we can change that >in an instance. But it means that the disk will spin up and search the FAT >for 5-10 (or more) seconds when the info menu is entered. > >Opinions? Comments? > >Linus leave it in the debug menu - that way it's there if we need it :) Received on 2003-06-17 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |