Re: SyQuest and HFS FST

[90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)]

The following revelation escaped Bob Hayosh's lips:
>
> Has any one used a SyQuest with both a Mac and a IIGS?
>
> I wanted to use my SyQuest with both a Mac and my GS but
> when I tried it (Finally got Sys6.0 up and running...) I found out
> that GS/OS won't read (Mac formated) HFS SyQuest carts.  GS formated
> HFS carts can't be read by the Mac either.

    Since Syquests have a SCSI partition map, I assume the problem is
the same one preventing an HFS hard disk formatted on a GS from working
on a Mac.  You need some sort of special partition with Mac-specific
data for it to be recognized.  The GS doesn't need it (and doesn't put
it on).  The reverse may also be a problem:  the Mac partition confuses
GS/OS somehow.
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