Re: Reading MS-DOS in a Superdrive 3.5

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

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

> mark.REMOVE.percival@videotron.ca (Mark Percival) wrote:
> 
> >I had the same problem described by you and found that the problem is
> >with the volume label.
> >
> >1) Make sure your MS-DOS disks has a volume label.
> >2) Make sure this label is 11 character or less.
> 
> This does not fix my problem of the disk not mounting
> in the Finder.  The Finder will reject the disk if ANY
> file on the MS-DOS disk has been given a long file
> name.  Even a file that has later been deleted.

I suspect you will find that if the volume is given a label before any
files are written to the disk, then the IIgs will accept it even if a
subsequent file has a long filename.

Long filenames are stored in fake specially marked volume label entries,
and it wouldn't surprise me if a long filename was misinterpreted as the
volume label by the IIgs MS-DOS FST.  It all depends on whether the
genuine volume label is found first.

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David Empson
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