Re: SCSI HD IIGS: Question - How to boot both 8-bit and 16-bit software?

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <39c7sf$r9m@cnct.com>, radelgre <radelgre@cnct.com> wrote:
> David Empson (dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
> : You don't need different partitions - ProDOS-8 and GS/OS use the same
> : ProDOS file system (GS/OS can also use other file systems such as HFS,
> : but there isn't much point on such a small drive).
> 
> Wouldn't there a small problem with running a drive that has files with 
> resource forks on a IIe? I realize you aren't using those files on the 
> IIe, but couldn't the IIe overwrite the files or give you an error 
> message about the disks?

If you tried to access the files with resource forks from ProDOS-8,
you would get an "unknown storage type" error.  You can't copy or
delete them, but you could probably rename or lock/unlock them.

If you tried to use a ProDOS-8 volume repair utility, it would destroy
any files that had resource forks.

Otherwise, it is perfectly safe to access the disk from ProDOS-8,
whether you are running on a IIe or IIgs.  The blocks used by the
resource forks are marked as "in use" in the volume bitmap, so
ProDOS-8 won't try to overwrite them.
-- 
David Empson
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