The operative phrase here of course is "GS/OS applications." ProDOS is needed to launch a lot of Apple II software, such as AppleWorks. Since there's no HFS utilities that I know of that run on a GS, and since most if not all GS/OS applications are happy running from a ProDOS partition, I think the idea of having your software and data files in a ProDOS partition that you can back up, and use the HFS mostly for storage is probably the safer move.. (I think you can use a Mac to back up a GS's HFS partition, but I've never tried it.)
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > Actually lots(not all) of GS OS applications and games can be run from > HFS. But yes, the IIgs will need a ProDOS partion to boot to and load > the operating system from. I have 4 partitions on my IIgs's 350MB > drive... One ProDOS partition for GSOS, 2 ProDOS partitions for games > and apps that wont run from HFS, and one large HFS partition which I put > anything that will run from HFS in. > > -Matthew S. Carpenter > Later.................Howard ____________________________________________________________ Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular problem. -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> 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/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
