ericmcg@pro-generic.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy) (12/21/89)
Does GSOS have the same limit of 32Meg and Prodos8? I'm using 5.0.2 if that matters. Also any suggestions for partitioning software for a 100Meg drive? I need a partition for a PC transporter as well as porodos and gsos. thanx all.
farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) (01/03/90)
In article <8780.infoapple.net@pro-generic> ericmcg@pro-generic.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy) writes: >Does GSOS have the same limit of 32Meg and Prodos8? I'm using 5.0.2 if that >matters. The 32Mb volume size is a limitation of ProDOS, and is also a limitation of the ProDOS FST under GS/OS. GS/OS is not limited to 32Mb, however. The High Sierra/ISO 9660 FST can read up to 699Mb. -- +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Cary Farrier | Internet : farrier@apple.com | | Apple II Systems Software Engineering | UUCP : apple!farrier | | Apple Computer, Inc. | Fax : (408) 974-1704 | | 20525 Mariani Ave. | AppleLink : FARRIER | | Cupertino, CA 95014 | or farrier@applelink.apple.com | +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | I don't speak for Apple Computer, our products do. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian WILLOUGHBY) (01/04/90)
In article <37566@apple.Apple.COM> farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) writes: > > The 32Mb volume size is a limitation of ProDOS, and is also > a limitation of the ProDOS FST under GS/OS. GS/OS is not > limited to 32Mb, however. The High Sierra/ISO 9660 FST > can read up to 699Mb. Well then, could someone format a 100M drive in the High Sierra/ISO 9660 format and use the entire drive as a single volume? Or does the HS/ISO FST assume that all such drives are read-only. It would be nice if the FST queried the drive to see if it is writable, and then a normal hard disk could be used with this format. I wouldn't mind it if a custom format program were needed to create the volume, as long as writes could be supported to a formatted volume on a writable drive. Brian Willoughby UUCP: ...!{tikal, sun, uunet, elwood}!microsoft!brianw InterNet: microsoft!brianw@uunet.UU.NET or: microsoft!brianw@Sun.COM Bitnet brianw@microsoft.UUCP
farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) (01/05/90)
In article <10141@microsoft.UUCP> brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian WILLOUGHBY) writes: >Well then, could someone format a 100M drive in the High Sierra/ISO 9660 format >and use the entire drive as a single volume? Or does the HS/ISO FST assume >that all such drives are read-only. It would be nice if the FST queried the >drive to see if it is writable, and then a normal hard disk could be used with >this format. The HS/ISO FST is still read only, even when the media is writable. The reason for this is that the HS/ISO file systems were designed for reading. Many of the data structures on the disks would be hard to update dynamically, but it could be done. >Brian Willoughby >UUCP: ...!{tikal, sun, uunet, elwood}!microsoft!brianw >InterNet: microsoft!brianw@uunet.UU.NET > or: microsoft!brianw@Sun.COM >Bitnet brianw@microsoft.UUCP -- +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Cary Farrier | Internet : farrier@apple.com | | Apple II Systems Software Engineering | UUCP : apple!farrier | | Apple Computer, Inc. | Fax : (408) 974-1704 | | 20525 Mariani Ave. | AppleLink : FARRIER | | Cupertino, CA 95014 | or farrier@applelink.apple.com | +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | I don't speak for Apple Computer, our products do. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+