[MacDV] OT: Formatting an MS DOS disk in Jaguar

[Filipp Lepalaan]

Hi
I've messed with this topic quite alot
and have come to the conclusion that there's
no way to make a PC-readable FAT (DOS) disk
under OS X. So format on PC so both can read/write.

The same applies to harddrives, if You want to have,
for example a FireWire drive that's readable on both
PC and Mac, format it on the PC (FAT32), or use Lacie's
Silverlining (OS 9 only) on the Mac.

Haven't tried it on X.3 yet.

Regards,
Filipp



On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 13:42, Carl Flatow wrote:
> According to "The Missing Manual" if I open Disk Utilities, select a 
> volume ( in a usb floppy drive) I should be able to format it by 
> choosing MS-DOS File System under the Erase tab.
> Unfortunately the only options available are two Mac formats and UNIX.
> 
> Can someone help with this?
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
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