RE: What kind of SCSI drivers can be used on the GS?

[bpvh@msn.fullfeed.com (Bradley VonHaden)]

dempson@actrix.gen.nz quoting me wrote:

>>Other than 'NFS' (?), why do you need the size?  The Apple HS
>>can only handle 8 partitions per drive so you would need to
>>use some HFS partitions on a gig drive.

>Where did you get the 8 partition limit from?  I haven't
>found any documentation which says there is a specific limit.
> There may be a limitation of some partitioning programs
>(e.g. ADU may not allow more than 8 user partitions).  The
>Apple HS SCSI card firmware supports a maximum of 111 volumes
>(partitions spread over all drives), or thereabouts, and the
>GS/OS SCSI drivers probably support 64, if not more.

Aargh, from the limit in ADU.  Oops.  Where can I get a partitioning
program for the Apple HS SCSI card other than ADU?  And why did Apple
put the limit in ADU? (Yes, I know Apple does things for strange
reasons, but is there some sort of technical reason making 8
partitions easy and more than that hard?)

>>I do know that there are no utilities out there for the IIGS
>>to handle problems on HFS partitions (of course if you have a
>>MAC handy this is not really a problem).

>It is a problem if you don't have a Macintosh device driver
>on the hard drive.  Nowadays, this is pretty easy to arrange
>(either partition the drive on a Mac, or get a modified copy
>of the Apple driver included with Advanced Disk Utility).

Does System 7.5 and its supposed Prodos handling still need the MAC
device driver?

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