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- From: jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu (James David Wong)
- Subject: Re: SyQuest and HFS FST
- Message-ID: <BxyDLG.BHu@rice.edu>
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- Organization: Rice University
- References: <9211180616.AA16897@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:46:27 GMT
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- In article <9211180616.AA16897@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca>, 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao) writes:
- |> The following revelation escaped Bob Hayosh's lips:
- |> >
- |> > Has any one used a SyQuest with both a Mac and a IIGS?
- |> >
- |> > I wanted to use my SyQuest with both a Mac and my GS but
- |> > when I tried it (Finally got Sys6.0 up and running...) I found out
- |> > that GS/OS won't read (Mac formated) HFS SyQuest carts. GS formated
- |> > HFS carts can't be read by the Mac either.
- |>
- |> Since Syquests have a SCSI partition map, I assume the problem is
- |> the same one preventing an HFS hard disk formatted on a GS from working
- |> on a Mac. You need some sort of special partition with Mac-specific
- |> data for it to be recognized. The GS doesn't need it (and doesn't put
- |> it on). The reverse may also be a problem: the Mac partition confuses
- |> GS/OS somehow.
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- Specifically, the Mac stores a driver for the cartridge on the cartridge
- itself. If it can't find a driver, it won't automatically mount
- the cartridge.
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- Jim Wong (jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu)
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