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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: HD partitions
Message-ID: <37321@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Dec 89 18:02:34 GMT
References: <8712.infoapple.net@pro-generic>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8712.infoapple.net@pro-generic> ericmcg@pro-generic.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy) writes:
>I am looking into a Rodime 100Meg HD for a GS and mybe a Mac II down the road.
>What I need is a Prodos8 partition, a MS-DOS (for use with PC transporter) and
>a GS/OS partition. Does using the Apple SCSI card help? Is this even possible?
>Any suggestions for partition sizes? I like the idea of separate volumes for
>each OS.

Sorry, but you'll be a lot happier if you learn to like separate partitions
for each *file system*.  GS/OS is not a file system and there is no such thing
as a "GS/OS partition", since GS/OS reads already existing file systems (such
as ProDOS 8, High Sierra, ISO 9660 and AppleShare).

You can, however, have a ProDOS partition on a hard drive that is beyond the
scope of ProDOS 8 (the third or higher partition usually, or the fifth or
higher partition if your SCSI card is in slot 5).  Such a partition will be
fully usable by GS/OS, but if it's a ProDOS partition it will not be seen by
ProDOS 8 (which can only see two devices per slot, or four in slot 5 if the
device is SmartPort, which the Apple II SCSI Card is).

Apple's SCSI Setup programs do not currently create partitions other than
partition maps or ProDOS (just like the Mac ones only create drivers,
partition maps and HFS partitions).  If an MS-DOS FST were available, the
Finder or ADU would let you intitialize any suitable partition for MS-DOS,
but I have no idea how PC Transporter would react.

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