Re: Creating a CD that is usable on a IIgs

[pitz <pitz.wong@gmail.com>]

On Nov 4, 5:45 pm, powe...@macgui.com (Sam Latella) wrote:
> pitz wrote:
> > On Nov 4, 7:34 am, powe...@macgui.com (Sam Latella) wrote:
> >> I'm curious on the steps on creating/burning a CD on a Windoze machine
> >> (windows xp/98) with Nero.
>
> >> What I want to do is create/burn a CD on the Windoze machine with IIgs
> >> software.
> >> Once the CD is done I then want to run it or access it on my IIgs machine
> >> which has an internal scsi-cdrom drive.
>
> >> What format should I be using so that the CD is recognized on the IIgs
> >> and
> >> the software is executable... remember I only have access on burning the
> >> CD
> >> on a Windoze computer.
>
> >> Thanks for any help in advance.
>
> >> Sam
>
> > If you don't need the CD to have ProDos partitions, GS/OS already has
> > an HS.FST to enable reading files from a standard ISO9660.  It will
> > probably be missing the ProDos file attributes, so mainly useful for
> > text and archive files that don't rely on having a file type.  For
> > true ProDos partitions on the CD, I'll look around some notes I had
> > when I was working with SCSI and CDs.  I think I was able to make it
> > work with the Apple HS SCSI card, but not the RAMFast card.
>
> Wow, I didn't think that the RamFast would have much problems... curious as
> to why there is a difference.
>
> Okay, how about the MSDOS.FST on the IIgs... Wouldn't I be able to create a
> cd on the Windoze machine that is dos based and copy the IIgs files that are
> in a zip format onto the cd... Then bring it over to the IIgs?  I know the
> programs  won't run, but its more for the purposes of an archive format and
> being able to transfer larger data between two different machines.

If the files you intend to transfer to the IIgs are archive files
(e.g., shk, zip, etc), just use the standard ISO9660 format.  Most PC
disc-mastering software allows you to have the disc use the ISO9660
format (instead of the default later formats like Joliet, etc.).
There will be some restrictions in how the files are named.  But even
with the file naming restrictions, they are accessible in GS/OS
through the High Sierra FST (HS.FST).

See my related blog post:
http://peterwong.net/blog/?p=71