> -----Original Message----- > From: PCI PowerMacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Bruce Johnson > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:29 PM > To: PCI PowerMacs > Subject: Re: [PCI] Win NTSF format and OS 9 > > > > On Jan 20, 2005, at 3:06 PM, Fluxstringer wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a utility which will help OS 9.1 read floppies or > > Zip disks formatted in Windows XP NTSF ? > > NTFS is what you mean. > > Floppies are always formatted as FAT, just putting the NTFS filesystem > on it would eat up almost the entire floppy (a normal one is 2MB, in > fact) leaving no room for data. Windows XP doesn't offer NTFS as an > option for a floppy.
> Therefore, if you're having problems reading a Windows floppy, it's not > because it's an NTFS format. You're right that's just a bad floppy... A standard 3.5 inch floppy when formatted for a PC has always been .72MB or 1.4MB using 8bit FAT. They have never been and nor will they ever be anything else! > Same for Zip drives. Those you can format as NTFS, but then you run > into all sorts of hassles, since NTFS is designed for non-ejectable > hard drives.<http://tinyurl.com/4kzno> For any volume smaller than 500MB 16bit FAT is pretty close to being a universal format. I swap an a single external zip drive and number of 100MB and 250MB zip disks formatted that way between all my machines. Mind you here's what that translates to. AthlonXP/2600 (WinXP) B-G3/300 (Yellow Dog Linux 4.0), K6-2/500 (Mandrake Linux 10.1), 6400/200 (OS 9.1) As you can see those machines really don't share much of anything. If the prices on Sawtooth's drop like I expect them to with the event of the Mini Mac. I'll be getting one of them so I can setup an OS X box. > OS X 10.4 is supposed to include NTFS volume support. > > That said, there's no solution for reading NTFS volumes on a Mac, > period, much less OS 9. Nor is there a need for it... -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
