Re: Sucess w/IOmega Drive on IIgs (w/some problems)

[rolbra@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Rolf Braun)]

Programer (progrmer@max.tiac.net) wrote:

: I got my IOmega to work on my IIgs and mount on the IIgs finder and 
: everything...however there still are some problems!

: First off...when i use DeivceLister is says that there are 4!!!!!!! 
: subdrives/partitions/whatever they are on my Zip Disk!!! and it says that 
: #0 and #3 are unreadable nad need to be formated, #1 is the actual data 
: and #2 doesnt seem to cause the finder any problem

: Also the Finder couldnt handle some of the folders on the Zip Disk, it 
: didnt like a folder called ?????Move&Rename...however a normal file 
: selected dialog box had no trouble accessing it....

: anyone have any ideas? i am planning to get more zip disks today so i 
: will try formatting one w/HFS on my IIgs and see if that makes things 
: happier in any way!!!

: Marek
: progrmer@tiac.net
: http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~progrmer

If you plan to use Zip disks on the IIgs, repartition and reformat them.
I don't have a Zip drive myself but I heard this advice elsewhere.

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