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  • Formatting IIgs floppies on a mac

    From graalguy@graalguy@yahoo.com (Ian Gowen) to comp.sys.apple2 on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 20:22:13
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    Okay. I need to create bootable 3.5" prodos diskettes for my IIgs. I
    have a Macintosh Performa 6116 with macOS 7.5.1. In the "Erase Disk"
    dialog, there is an option to format as an 800k ProDOS disk, but when
    I do that and try to boot my II with it it comes up with "Unable to
    load prodos". Any ideas as to what may be the problem? Also, on a side
    note, what format does DiskDup+ use, and how can I use it to create
    IIgs disks?
    -Ian
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  • From Stephen Hartz@SHartz@columbus.rr.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Thursday, July 17, 2003 03:52:31
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    Ian, while you seem to be successful in formatting the disk, you then need
    to copy a woking copy of Prodos TO that disk (and Basic system or some other system file..)

    "Ian Gowen" <graalguy@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:6f7c443d.0307161922.2bfb9b2@posting.google.com...
    Okay. I need to create bootable 3.5" prodos diskettes for my IIgs. I
    have a Macintosh Performa 6116 with macOS 7.5.1. In the "Erase Disk"
    dialog, there is an option to format as an 800k ProDOS disk, but when
    I do that and try to boot my II with it it comes up with "Unable to
    load prodos". Any ideas as to what may be the problem? Also, on a side
    note, what format does DiskDup+ use, and how can I use it to create
    IIgs disks?
    -Ian


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  • From Bill Garber@willy46pa@comcast.net to comp.sys.apple2 on Thursday, July 17, 2003 00:09:32
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    "Ian Gowen" <graalguy@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:6f7c443d.0307161922.2bfb9b2@posting.google.com...
    Okay. I need to create bootable 3.5" prodos diskettes for my IIgs. I
    have a Macintosh Performa 6116 with macOS 7.5.1. In the "Erase Disk"
    dialog, there is an option to format as an 800k ProDOS disk, but when
    I do that and try to boot my II with it it comes up with "Unable to
    load prodos". Any ideas as to what may be the problem? Also, on a side
    note, what format does DiskDup+ use, and how can I use it to create
    IIgs disks?
    -Ian

    Hi Ian,

    DiskDup+ is similar to Disk Copy 4.2 and 6.3.3. I basically uses
    the same images as Disk Copy. Simply load an image, it will mount
    then insert a blank disk and it will write the contents of the image
    to the disk. VOILA! ProDOS disk bootable in your IIgs. The problem
    with this is, there are not as many disks in this format as there are in
    other formats, but once you have a good copy of GS/OS to copy to
    copy to your hard drive (IIgs) or load, then you can get ShrinkIt and/or DSK2FILE and make other disks right on the IIgs. If HFS.FST is installed
    on the boot disk of the IIgs then HFS (Mac) formatted disks can be read/ written on the IIgs. It's a snap, just takes some time to get used to it.
    ;-)

    Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises };-)
    Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
    Email - willy46pa@comcast.net



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