Re: No Icon for Burned CD

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

Hi RubyWand;

Thanks for the in-depth pointers. I can't say for certain as to _exactly_
how the file structure is being written but I can say that the software I've
used supports the strictest ISO-9660 standard (level 1).

This means 8.3 filenames, all upper case, and a directory level no more than
8 deep. Still, the CDSC won't read it. Yet it will read other people's
ISO-9660 disks as well as HFS disks. I do have all the proper files
installed on the O/S (I checked it out against the FAQ) and also the disks
do usually appear if they were 'factory' I beleive that the CDSC does not
like 'burned' disks period.

I've been told you can use Linux to format a drive in HFS so.... I installed
Linux and have a spare drive. I figure I'll take one of my 'coasters' and
copy the data from the CD to the Linux formatted HFS drive. From there I'll
unplug the drive and add it back to my 2gs. Presto! Instant transfer.

I'm having problems finding out how to format the drive using Linux (never
used it before) so if you know anything about that......

I'm almost there!
Marvin

PS> Thanks for the continued help. BTW, my system is now rock-solid and
almost never crashes!

"Rubywand" <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> Marvin Miller writes ...
> >
> > I know, I know - I posted a similar article a few minutes ago but I need
to
> > get this data to the file://gs ASAP.
> >
> > Problem: Using a CD-ROM from Blizzard Entertainment shows up fine in my
> > file://gs desktop. Nice icon for it and can access it in it's entireity.
> >
> > Using a Burned CD (iso-9660 from EZ-CD 4.x) the machine will not show a
> > desktop icon and I can't access the CD. The machine accepts it no
problem.
> > There's just no means to acccess it via an icon.
> >
> > I read the CD faq and checked through everything but nothing is
applicable
> >
>  ....
>
>      If the disc you can read is ISO-9660 (i.e. it is not HFS or ProDOS),
that
> would eliminate concerns about whether or not the hs.fst is in your
> SYSTEM/FSTS/ folder. ("HS" is the High Sierra format. The GS/OS manual
says
> that the HS format is "nearly identical" to ISO-9660 format. The IIgs
HS.FST
> does not completely implement HS format; for instance, it is read-only.)
>
>      As Jeff suggested, you might want to check your naming. According to
the
> GS/OS manual's discussion of the HS and the ISO-9660 formats, a
non-directory
> file identifier can have have three parts, such as ...
>
> NARF33.TXT;2001
>
>     NARF33           .          TXT              ;           2001
>  filename part    period   name extension    semi-colon    version
>   (0-n chars*)               (0-n chars*)                 (1-6 digits)
>
> <------- total file identifier length is 2-31 characters -------->
>
> *A character can be upper/lower case letters, digits, and _ (underscore).
>
>
>      For non-directory files: HS requires one or more parts of the file
> identifier be present (except, just a version number part is not allowed).
> ISO-9660 requires that all three parts be present. (Two examples of
smallest
> possible ISO-9660 file identifier:  A.;1  .A;1  )
>
>
>      A directory (or folder) file identifier has just the filename part.
For
> instance ...
>
> 2001
> Games
> A2
>
> should be okay as folder names. (It is not clear whether or not a
directory
> file must be at least two characters in length.)
>
>
>      The GS/OS manual does not seem to mention specific requirements for
HS
> volume names. An ISO-9660 disc I checked had the volume name ...
>
> HIST_WORLD
>
> so, it looks like volume naming follows the same rules as directory
naming.
>
>
>      If your HS FST is installed and your naming seems to be okay and you
still
> get no icon, I guess you could check for odd stuff like whether or not
some
> kind of Invisibility bit is set, etc.. The controls for your disc burner
> program may give you a clue as to what feature needs, maybe, to be
changed.
>
>
>
> Rubywand