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.
>>>
>>   
>> IIRC, the Zip and Jazz (and Castlewood Orb's) could be mounted as
non  removable device, thus could be formated HPFS..
>>   
> 
>  Interesting though not much clearer.  On box in question LS120 is the
A drive, no floppy or floppy controller enabled.  LS120 is on the ide
> cable.   The reason for HPFS is desire to place long file names on
disk.   Assuming I tried to format HPFS and failed, could I reformat back
to
> fat16?
> 
>  	Cal
> 

Now you make me access the "way back machine"......


A "simple Google search" with "OS/2 Zip Drives" 
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=OS%2F2+Zip+Drives&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images>

found this with the first link:

http://www.os2ezine.com/v1n12/zip.htm>

============================================================================
HPFS Formatted Disks
OS/2 users will be especially interested to know that you can format a 
Zip disk with the HPFS (High Performance) file system. However there are 
some caveats you should be aware of. HPFS is designed to be used on 
fixed disks and does not normally support removable media. To use HPFS 
on a Zip disk you must first Lock the disk, then format it with OS/2's 
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.

FAT formatted disks can be freely swapped during an OS/2 session with 
only one problem, apparently FixPak 17 'broke' the ability for OS/2 to 
store Extended Attributes (EA's) larger than 1k for files saved to the 
Zip disk.
============================================================================


Also a few OS/2 Drivers for storage:
http://www.os2site.com/sw/drivers/storage/index.html>

MarkO


 
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