[DuoList] OSX and OS7

[Alex Santos]

Fantastic, thanks for the very detailed answer. Your insights and time 
you have taken are much appreciated.

Alex Santos
On Mar 17, 2005, at 1:18 AM, Thomas G. Monclova wrote:

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>
> 	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
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>> 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:
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>>> 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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