23.015 Can I format a Zip disk for HFS; and, can HFS and ProDOS volumes exist on the same Zip disk?
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This article is from the Apple II Csa2 FAQ, by Jeff Hurlburt with numerous contributions by others.
23.015 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.
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