X-ray wrote:
I have a 3GB Quantum Fireball SCSI here in an external case, and SCSI 2 connectors on my PC and my A4000T. I want to use this drive to shuttle MP3 and picture files between the two computers.
What is the best way to do this? Should I format the drive on the Amiga or the PC (it is currently empty). I have checked it on both systems and both computers can format it to their own file systems, but what is the common format between the two (if any?)
I run XP pro on the PC and 3.1 on the Amiga.
I just thought of something else: assuming I can format it so it can be read on both, I reckon it should be possible to leave the drive connected to both computers (as long as not all three items are switched on at the same time and the drive is switched on at the same time as the relevant computer). I am banking on the live computer treating the off computer's host card the same way it treats the last switched off item in a chain. for example, the same as it handles my Zip Drive when it is off and installed last in the chain. Am I wrong about this?
You may want the second host to be *on* at the same time, unless you're using external termination. Jumperless on-card termination may not work right unless the card is powered up.
'VFAT' and FAT32 are both ways of getting long filename support with (things called) FAT, and FAT32 has other advantages on large disks; I assume the 'FAT95' package supports both, but you may want to doublecheck that, or at least remember it if it doesn't recognize a partition formatted as FAT32 in Windows. (IIRC, FAT32 wasn't introduced until Win98, but without finding the docs, I expect the package name is a 'misnomer,' and it has long since been updated with that support.)
