Supported Formats

CDE reads and writes the following file-system formats:

• DOS High Density (commonly used by PCs running Windows or DOS)

• NEC-DOS Medium Density (sometimes used by older PCs)

• UNIX (Solaris version, as written by CDE running on a SPARC-based workstation)

• UNIX (IA version, as written by CDE running on an IA-based workstation)

CDE supports DOS High Density and NEC-DOS Medium Density formats whether running on SPARC or IA, but the following restrictions apply to the UNIX format:

• A SPARC-based workstation cannot read or write diskettes formatted as "UNIX" on an IA system

• An IA- based workstation cannot read or write diskettes formatted as "UNIX" on an SPARC system

If you need to use the same diskettes on SPARC-based and IA-based systems, use the DOS High Density format.