[DuoList] OSX and OS7

[Thomas G. Monclova]

 	Hi Everyone,

 	Mr. G. is correct here when stating System 7 has problems with 
HFS+ partitions but I'd like to add one detail.  What he's talking about 
will happen if you're trying to mount the hard disk locally (i.e., on the 
Duo's SCSI port).

 	Since, as I understand it, Mr. Santos, you wish to connect the two 
devices using your LAN, then it will work.  There is one caveat, though. 
System 7 can only see file names of up to 31 characters in length and 
under 2 GB in size.  If you have files on the eMac longer and larger than 
that, you will have problems.

 	Why does it work?  Because the Duo won't be trying to access the 
filesystem directly.  It will be going through the eMac's AppleTalk 
mini-server and all the file requests will be translated by the eMac to 
its hard disk and back to the Duo.  The only thing the AppleTalk 
peer-to-peer network won't do is make it possible for the Duo to SEE all 
characters past the 31 character limit (but you can still work with 'em) 
or manipulate files larger than 2GB (can't work with 'em at all).  Those 
are operating system specific limitations on the Duo (System 7).

 	-t



> It has been awhile since I tried to access a OS X disk from system 7, buy I 
> think it will only see file that System 7 writes to the disk everything else 
> is unreadable. All you see is the textedit doc that say " Where did my Files 
> Go?"
>
> I will have to fire up one of my duo's and see, I think I have a 210 with 7.5 
> on it.
>
> BG
>
>
> On Mar 16, 2005, at 2:00 AM, Alex Santos wrote:
>
>> Does System 7 really care if the files are sitting on Mac OS Extended 
>> Partitions? In that repsect, does it care if the files are sitting on a PC 
>> drive?
>> 
>> Do I understanding what you mean?
>> 
>> On Mar 16, 2005, at 5:19 AM, B G wrote:
>> 
>>> However,I cannot remember if  the duo will not be able to read files on 
>>> the eMac, HD format issue I think.
>> 
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