Choosing A Directory Format - HP 9000 200 Series Manual

Choosing a Directory Format
On the Series 200/300 BASIC system, there are three directory formats available for
discs (and other mass storage media):
• Logical Interchange Format (LIF)
• Hierarchical Fiie System (HFS)
• Structured Directory Format (SDF, used on Shared Resource Manager, or SRM,
systems).
General Recommendation
The general recommendation is to:
• use HFS format with hard discs
• use LIF format with flexible discs.
Note
If you wish to share a disc between several workstations, you need
an SRM system. HFS or LIF are only disc formats and not systems
with a controller like SRM.
To show you why these are recommended, see the characteristics of each format in the
following table.
Mass Storage Concepts 3-13