Marvin Miller writes ...
> 
> I know, I know - I posted a similar article a few minutes ago but I need to
> get this data to the //gs ASAP.
>
> Problem: Using a CD-ROM from Blizzard Entertainment shows up fine in my
> //gs desktop. Nice icon for it and can access it in it's entireity.
> 
> Using a Burned CD (iso-9660 from EZ-CD 4.x) the machine will not show a
> desktop icon and I can't access the CD. The machine accepts it no problem.
> There's just no means to acccess it via an icon.
> 
> I read the CD faq and checked through everything but nothing is applicable
> 
 ....

     If the disc you can read is ISO-9660 (i.e. it is not HFS or ProDOS), that
would eliminate concerns about whether or not the hs.fst is in your
SYSTEM/FSTS/ folder. ("HS" is the High Sierra format. The GS/OS manual says
that the HS format is "nearly identical" to ISO-9660 format. The IIgs HS.FST
does not completely implement HS format; for instance, it is read-only.)

     As Jeff suggested, you might want to check your naming. According to the
GS/OS manual's discussion of the HS and the ISO-9660 formats, a non-directory
file identifier can have have three parts, such as ...

NARF33.TXT;2001

    NARF33           .          TXT              ;           2001
 filename part    period   name extension    semi-colon    version
  (0-n chars*)               (0-n chars*)                 (1-6 digits)

<------- total file identifier length is 2-31 characters -------->

*A character can be upper/lower case letters, digits, and _ (underscore).


     For non-directory files: HS requires one or more parts of the file
identifier be present (except, just a version number part is not allowed).
ISO-9660 requires that all three parts be present. (Two examples of smallest
possible ISO-9660 file identifier:  A.;1  .A;1  )


     A directory (or folder) file identifier has just the filename part. For
instance ...

2001
Games
A2

should be okay as folder names. (It is not clear whether or not a directory
file must be at least two characters in length.) 


     The GS/OS manual does not seem to mention specific requirements for HS
volume names. An ISO-9660 disc I checked had the volume name ...

HIST_WORLD

so, it looks like volume naming follows the same rules as directory naming.


     If your HS FST is installed and your naming seems to be okay and you still
get no icon, I guess you could check for odd stuff like whether or not some
kind of Invisibility bit is set, etc.. The controls for your disc burner
program may give you a clue as to what feature needs, maybe, to be changed.



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