> 
> Indeed you are correct, Bob. So everyone w/ big hard disks should
> get mkfs_1.2. It's just better. :-)
> 
Is the problem with the old mkfs apparent when you first use it, or does it lurk
in the background waiting for the space above the upper limit to be used?
I have a 1.6G netbsd partition that I'm almost sure I made with mkfs from netbsd, not from the Mac mkfs utility about 2 months ago. So far, I've had no problems with it, but I've been below about 1 G of space actually used. I'm getting close now and wonder if I'm going to trash the fs someday?

Brad