Re: Does the CD-SC Read Re-Writeable CD's?

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

Marvin Miller <marvinmiller@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm in the process of burning a CD for my //gs and I'm wondering if the
> Apple CD-SC supports reading from re-writeable cd's?

Almost certainly not.  You need a relatively recent CD-ROM drive (circa
1997 or later) to be able to read CD-RW media.

It should be able to read CD-R media, but it probably won't support a
multi-session CD-R: only the first session will be visible.

You can make a multi-partition ProDOS and/or HFS CD, but it has to be
written as a single session, preferably by setting up a hard drive with
the desired content and using Toast's "SCSI Copy" (or "Disc Copy") mode
to burn the CD.

> Also, does the HFS file system support directories more than 8 levels deep?

Yes.  There is no fixed limited on the nesting depth for HFS, except for
the maximum number of folders which can exist on the volume.  For
reasons of user inconvenience, you shouldn't go too deep.

> What is the longest filename permissable?

HFS supports filenames up to 31 characters.

The volume name is limited to 27 characters.

There is no specific limit on the total pathname length, but some
implementations may impose an artificial limit.  In the case of GS/OS,
pathnames are limited to about 2048 bytes.