Re: Urgent Help Needed with //GS CD-ROM Issues..

["Marvin Miller" <marvinmiller@hotmail.com>]

Hi Jeff;

Thanks for the tips on the file naming conventions!

I've tried burning the CD in every possible way, including using
re-writables (didn't work), 700 meg write once disks (didn't work) and
finally the standard 650 meg write once disks (didn't work).

At that point I tried re-burning in every different variant of the ISO 9660
standard. This included;

31 character filenames & directory depth of up to 8 levels (didn't work)
8.3 Full Upper Case Filenames & directory depth of 7 levels (didn't work)

The conclusion seems to be that the CD-SC does not like burned disks. By the
way, I upgraded the flash program on my burner to the latest revision and
also tried these programs for burning;

Adaptec EZ-SCSI 4.x
Nero 5.x
CDR-Win
etc.

The net result = lot's of Coasters!!

As a result, I've given up on the idea of burning a CD-ROM for the Apple
//gs. The pisser is that this whole process was done to circumvent using a
null-modem cable which will not work in transferring large data sizes that
require a HFS drive. (due to ProDos 32 meg limits and trying to x-fer 640
megs of data)

I cannot patch any file systems with updates until I have a media that the
//gs will recognize. It's the dreaded chicken before the egg routine
magnified many times over. The whole reason for the CD was to be able to get
programs INTO the //gs!!

The current solution seems to be d/l'ing & burning a Linux CD (I have zero
experience with Linux - should be Phun!) and than transferring the data onto
a separate SCSI drive in the HFS format. Once that's done I'll try using the
burning programs to burn a HFS format CD and see if the @@^#$& CD-SC will
recognize that.

I'm actually getting pretty choked. Getting data into a //gs is a major
headache in every possible way.

PS> I don't have a mac on hand or this _might_ be easier but I'm beginning
to doubt it!

Best;
Marvin ;-)




"Jeff Blakeney" <CUTjefbla@bconnex.net> wrote in message
3a8999db.351040165@news1.on.sympatico.ca">news:3a8999db.351040165@news1.on.sympatico.ca...
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 01:58:52 GMT, "Marvin Miller"
> <marvinmiller@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I just got my CD-SC today and connected it to my //gs. All is well and it
> >reads a data disk I had from some old game.
> >
> >I burned a CD-ROM using ISO-9660 onto a non-re-writeable disk (the drive
> >would not accept re-writeables). The disk goes in fine and the system
> >accepts the disk BUT it does not show an icon for it and I can see no way
of
> >accessing it.
> >
> >I checked out the FAQ's on CD's etc and can't find any help there. Just
to
> >re-iterate;
> >
> >It accepts the old game disk fine and you get an icon for it on the
desktop
> >BUT it will not give an icon for my burned disk even though it accepts
it.
>
> Apple's HS.FST is very picky about file and volume names.  You must
> strictly adhere to the naming conventions which most modern Macs and
> PCs let you circumvent.  I'm not sure of the exact conventions you
> have to stick with but a big one is that you can have no spaces in the
> names.
>
> There is a GS+ article about this that describes the exact file naming
> conventions that must be used along with a patch program that will
> relax the HS.FST's restrictions and allow you to use illegal filenames
> without a problem.
>
> This may not be your problem but it is something to look into at any
> rate.
>
>  Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II Unversity on A2Central.com