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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:59:40 +0200
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From: Gorka Guardiola <paurea@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] new 9atom.iso
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On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:14 PM, erik quanstrom<quanstro@coraid.com> wrote=
:
>> Do we stick with that file format forever? is it perfect and never to
>> be changed?
>
> would it be fair to ask a the same question from a little
> different perspective?
>
> could someone explain what the disadvantages and problems
> with 9fat are? =A0i'm asking out of ignorance, since 9fat hasn't
> been a problem for me.
>

That it is too complicated to pares in 512 bytes.

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