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Updated Iomega Floptical (markdown)

Daniel Markstedt 2021-11-29 13:00:11 -08:00
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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The Floptical driver seems to only recognize an image if it is 1474560 bytes lon
Disk images can be read from and written to. Applications and be launched and used. Disks ejected by dragging them to the trash can, and new ones inserted via RaSCSI.
Current known limitations:
* The inability to format disk images. An error is thrown when attempting to initialize. As a workaround, use existing good HFS formatted images such as [blank 1.44MB images](../files/Blank_Floppy_HFS_1_44MB.hdr).
* The inability to format disk images. An error is thrown when attempting to initialize. As a workaround, use existing good HFS formatted images such as [blank 1.44MB images](files/Blank_Floppy_HFS_1_44MB.hdr).
* Automatic ejections triggered by Mac OS (f.e. multi-disk installers) aren't recognized by RaSCSI. Manual ejection in RaSCSI are not recognized by Mac OS.
* Booting from a floppy disk. I have tried modifying existing boot disks and add the Floptical driver to them (e.g. Mac OS 8.1 Disk Tools) with a Power Mac 8600. The machine stalls for a minute on a grey screen attempting to boot off the Floptical device, but ultimately fails to recognize it.