User`s guide

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From: Rubywand
014- Should I just let the System Finder handle
formatting of new Zip disks?
If you are at the usual System Desktop display and insert a new, "blank"
Zip disk, you will be told that the disk's format is not recognized and asked if
you want to have it formatted. Assuming you want ProDOS volumes or multiple HFS
volumes, you should answer "NO":
A new Zip disk is already formatted; what you need is to have it partitioned--
good, because partitioning takes about 30 seconds whereas a format takes 9-10
minutes.
ProDOS is limited to 32,768kB ("32MB") per partition. The Finder does not know
how to correctly format and partition a 100MB ProDOS disk.
Reminder: If you want a disk to be able to boot ProDOS or any version of GS/OS
(as in System 6.0.1), at least the first partition must be formatted for ProDOS.
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From: Supertimer
I say "Yes", _if_ you want one big HFS-formatted Zip disk. (Unlike ProDOS,
HFS allows volumes larger than 32MB.) Letting the Finder format the Zip disk for
HFS gives you a 96MB (partition-table-less) "diskette" that's faster than one
that has been partitioned, even if the partition = the whole disk.
The "partitionless" HFS volume generated by formatting PC Zip disks from
the Finder behaves just like a floppy and ejects and mounts like one (but with a
hard disk icon).
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From: Rubywand
015- Can I format a Zip disk for HFS; and, can HFS and
ProDOS volumes exist on the same Zip disk?
Yes. System 6 with HFS.FST in the SYSTEM/FSTS folder supports Read, Write,
Formatting, and Partitioning of HFS disks. The standard Apple Advanced Disk
Utilities (ADU) program lets you set up a Zip disk as a single 100MB HFS volume
or divide it into partitions.
Note: A "partition" is a "volume". In most respects, partitions on a Hard Disk
or Zip disk are treated like separate disks. Each partition has its own volume
name and appears on the System Finder display with its own icon.
You can, if you like, have ProDOS and HFS partitions on the same Zip disk.
One easy way to do this is to set up, say, three ProDOS partitions and, then,
have ADU "Initialize" a partition as HFS. If you want to be able to boot from
the Zip disk, at least the first partition must be ProDOS.