Mark D. Overholser wrote:
> os24u{at}wisdomtree.info wrote:
>> ** Reply to note from "Mark D. Overholser"
 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:38:20 -0800
>>>   
>>> Derek W. Keoughan wrote:
>>>>>  Can LS120 disks be formatted with HPFS?  If not what
filesystem does it use?
>>>> Reaching into the wayback time machine, I'm thinking that
HPFS cannot be 
>>>> used on any form of removable media... LS120's are just
120MB floppy 
>>>> discs, probably FAT16 (since FAT12 would be limited to
32MB if I'm not 
>>>> mistaken).
>>>>
>>>> ZIP, LS120, Syquest... all FAT formatted, IIRC.
>>>>
>>>> No shortage of people to jump in to correct me - and I
have an LS120 
>>>> disc here, but no drive, so I can't test my theory for you.


> Format program and the /FS:HPFS switch. As soon as Iomega's driver 
> detects that a Zip disk is HPFS formatted it locks the disk and it 
> remains locked during the entire OS/2 session. The eject button on the 
> unit is disabled while the disk is locked. The only way to change the 
> disk is to shut down the system and reboot.

So, not bad for something that hasn't really seen the light of day in 
what, 8+ years?

We're both right... I said it can't be used on any form of removable 
media, and your post says that it's locked while it's in use - thus, 
unremovable.

That's a ZIP, though - not an LS120.  I'd expect similar restrictions.

Question is, why do you still have one, and why do you still want to use 
it?  If memory serves, these things were S-L-O-W, and a newer CD-RW 
drive with packet writing could easily out-perform it (without the 
locking/shutdown restriction) and with 700MB of capacity instead of 
120MB, easily out-last it for multiple backups and such...

Me, I can't stand putting power to a hard drive more than five years old 
- the noise kills me.  Going to a ZIP drive or LS120 or Orb or Syquest 
would be like switching back from 8 megabit cable internet to dial-up. :)

I only use floppies now if I have no other choice - an LS120 is just a 
very large floppy!

Good luck!

-Derek


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