User`s guide

created other folders (Games, Graphics, etc.). All in all, 100+ floppies and a
340 meg hard drive had been turned into a nice, organized 105 meg archive.
After double checking the archive, I slapped a blank CD into the recorder,
started EZ-CD Pro, and selected "New" from the file menu. I scanned the
displayed listing of burn formats for "HFS" because it is recognized by both GS
System 6 and Mac. Unfortunately, HFS was not in EZ-CD Pro's list; so, I selected
ISO-9660, which System 6 can handle via the HS.FST.
Actually, the whole process went very smoothly. I chose the "GS Backup"
folder as the data to burn to the disc, and, after about 7 minutes, the CD
recorder spit out a shiny new GS archive!
Or, so I thought... I put the CD in the GS drive. It mounted fine, but
upon opening the CD, I found that EVERY file was placed in the root directory,
instead of in it's proper folder. Also, every filename had a ";1" after it?!
It turns out that the ";1" is an end-of-filename character (the ";")
followed by a an ISO-9660 version number. Versions of ISO-9660 which do not
support the Apple Extensions require such a suffix for non-directory files. The
cure is to find a CD burner program which supports either High Sierra Group
format or a more up-to-date version of ISO-9660.
The directory problem was _my_ fault. I was still learning the software's
"parenting" feature, and had mistakenly told EZ-CD to make the disc with every
file in the root directory!
Anticipating some such screw-up, I had made sure to not select "close disc"
on the first burn. This makes a disc "multisession", which means you can do
later burns ("sessions") and write new stuff until the disc is full, or until
you "close" it. (You cannot, however, erase anything.) So, I told the software
to make the first session inactive, and burn a second session which would have
the files in their directories.
After another 7 minutes, out popped attempt #2. Sure enough, in the PC's
CD-ROM drive the first session showed as ignored, and the new, Version 2,
session was active! Alas, on the GS, the situation was reversed. Version 2 was
ignored. I found out later (by asking someone) that HS.FST does not, currently,
support multisession discs! As Poor Richard once observed in his Almanac:
"Experience keeps a dear school ... ."
Despite a few tribulations, I'm pleased to report that my first CD was not
a waste. If you have the Balloon NDA installed and double-click a file, it is
recognized as an SHK archive and is opened accordingly. Opening the files from
GSHK worked fine, as well. It 'ain't pretty'; but, the archives are all intact,
and perfectly readable on the GS.
Since I have more things to add to a future CD (like GNO v2.0.6), I'll soon
be ready to pull all the data off "disc 0" and burn a fresh one, doing it right
this time. At least, for now, I have everything backed up on a safe, long-
lasting medium, thus taming my dying-floppy paranoia. Now, if I could somehow
archive the II hardware ...!
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From: M. Kelsey