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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Storage Size Limits for Apple OS's
Message-ID: <33820@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 8 Aug 89 15:02:56 GMT
References: <4111@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> <1126@ultb.UUCP>
Distribution: comp.sys.apple
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In article <1126@ultb.UUCP> lmb7421@ultb.isc.rit.edu.UUCP (L.M. Barstow) writes:
>
>Now for a question:  Is there any reason why a hard drive couldn't be
>formatted in High Sierra/ISO 9660 format from GS/OS?  Does the code to
>write to a disk exist?  Or is High Sierra for the GS limited to CD-ROM
>only?
>
>
>-- 
>Les Barstow                   |Bitnet: LMB7421@RITVAX

Yes, there is a reason.  HS.FST (High Sierra/ISO 9660) is a read-only FST;
calls to write to a volume or change it in any way always return the "write
protected" error.


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