Re: Help w/IIgs to Mac file sharing

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

In article <erik-1604951447450001@192.0.2.1>,
Erik Kloeppel <erik@hypermall.com> wrote:
> In article <D7224H.8Js@cs.bsu.edu>, mjcrouch@cs.bsu.edu (Matt Crouch) wrote:
> > Another question:  When (if) i get this set up, would i have to somehow
> > partition the Mac's HD for ProDOS?  Can i run GS/OS programs that reside
> > on the Mac's HD?
> 
> no need to format ProDOS - the IIGS can read the HFS formatted disk if you
> make sure you have the HFS FST installed.. and it may not matter over the
> net.. I'm not sure.

It doesn't.  The AppleShare FST (installed when you install the
AppleShare support software) is used to access all networked file
servers.  The file system is irrelevant - file access commands are
sent to the server, which handles them internally (dealing with
whatever file system it might have), and the results are passed back
to the client.

The HFS FST is only used for HFS disks connected directly to the IIgs.
The same goes for the ProDOS FST, High Sierra/ISO-9660 FST, MS-DOS
FST, etc.

The file server could be using any of these file systems (or other
ones that the IIgs knows nothing about) - it is all handled by the
server itself and the AppleShare FST.
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