Re: Patched HS.FST or PRODOS.FST??

["Sir Cain" <rcain3@mindspring.com>]

GS+ had a program that would intercept the spaces and other "illegal"
charaters in the HS.FST.  I believe it was called Bashir (or something like
that) after the Doctor on Star Trek:  Deep Space 9.


Rubywand wrote in message <37438DBE.932AEEE@swbell.net>...
>InDizgize writes ...
>>
>> I just came into posession of an Apple CD150 CDRom drive.  I've got it
hooked
>> up to my Apple Rev C. SCSI card and it seems to be working just fine.
The
>> problem i'm having is that i can't seem to access any file or directory
that
>> has a space in it.   I recall some mention of a patched PRODOS.FST file
for use
>> in accessing the files on GEOS formatted disks..  Is there a patched
HS.FST for
>> use on CDs or does the HS.FST pass something along to the PRODOS.FST?
In any
>> case i'm in need of either or both of these.   If anyone could point me
in the
>> right direction I'd appreciate it..
>
>
>     If a folder or file is on CD-ROM disc, it is unlikely to be in a
patched
>ProDOS format-- that would add an unnecessary complication and, still,
leave you
>stuck with the usual 32MB limit on ProDOS partition size.
>
>     HS (High Sierra) format is very close to ISO 9660 format and is fairly
>popular for CD-ROM discs; but, according to the IIgs GS/OS Reference, it
does
>not allow spaces in names. Also, as far as I know, the IIgs System 6 HS.FST
has
>not been patched.
>
>     It is fairly likely that your CD-ROM disc, at least partly, has HFS
>partitions. HFS format does allow spaces and it is frequently employed
because
>it allows large partitions. For example, the Golden Orchard CD-ROM disc
has,
>mainly, HFS partitions.
>
>     The HFS.FST has been patched to correct a bug involving access to
large
>partitions. The patched version of the HFS.FST is included among the System
>6.0.1 INSTALL disks on Apple Cabi.net at ...
>
>http://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/System/Sys601INSTALL/ .
>
>The file which includes the patched version of HFS.FST is SysTools1SDK.bin
>(correct download length is 535,381 bytes).
>
>The core System 6.0.1 stuff in 'Cabi's System/ folder now has the .bin name
>suffix (e.g. SysTools1SDK.bin, etc.) to permit correct downloading when the
site
>is accessed via http://-- nice, because getting in via ftp:// is often
>difficult. The files are, still, .shk or .sdk ShrinkIt archives. Use
GS-ShrinkIt
>or 8-bit ShrinkIt to uncompress .sdk files.
>
>
>
>Rubywand