Re: ZIP on GS (was: question on Standards for files)

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>     New PC Zip disks are usually formatted; but, to use as ProDOS or HFS
>volumes on a IIgs, they need to be partitioned-- which takes about 30 seconds
>or so.

Only if you want the drive as a IIGS only drive.  Generally, in
order to share the Zip disk with a Mac, it HAS to be a
single HFS partition disk.  I outlined the procedure to make
one in my reply to Pim.

>     Don't know about Zip disks pre-formatted for Mac. Although they may be
>ready to go as HFS on a Mac, it seems likely that you will need to partition
>them for IIgs ProDOS or HFS (even if you have just one HFS partition).

You need to use ADU, to get rid of the Mac version of the
driver partitions and then use ADU in combination with the
GenEx program to prepare the disk as a single HFS volume
to be shared between IIGS and Mac.  It might be a good
idea to save the procedure and URL I posted in my reply
to Pim in the FAQ for other Mac + IIGS users.