Re: Partitioning Zip Disks -- Possible?

[Scalar <scalar@jpj.net>]

Randy Shackelford wrote:
> 
> Captain Harlock (Z5D31@ttacs3.ttu.edu) wrote:
> : Is it possible to partition a Zip disk the way we can do hard drives? I've
> : tried (using a Zip drive hooked up to an Apple IIgs with High-Speed SCSI card
> : and a HFS-formatted 100 meg Zip disk) but the Advanced Disk Utility keeps
> : telling me the disk could not be partitioned.

yes, it can be partitioned. On a Mac, I used FWB's disk formatter to
make about
seven partitions on a Zip, and install FWB's driver in place of the
normal Zip
driver. this worked great, and the FWB driver ejects it properly, too.

But when I tried using the original Zip utility on the partitioned Zip,
it only
recognized the first partition (it's a rather braindead utility). I
didn't try
setting the read-only option in the Zip utility. reformatting the
cartridge in
the zip utility restored the disk to the original single partition with
the 
Zip driver.

-scalar