Re: SCSI Partition question

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Rich Hare" <Rich113JL@gmail.com> wrote in message news:jhto9r$h3v$1@dont-email.me...
> ict@ccess wrote:
>> On Feb 19, 3:48 pm, Rich Hare <Rich11...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm trying to partition a rather large SCSI drive (1.2 gig) for use on a
>>> IIGS.  I think I've done it before, but can't seem to remember how I did it.
>>>
>>> I'd like to set up about four Prodos Partitions and have the rest be a
>>> large HFS partition.
>>>
>>> I've tried using Advance Disk Utilities.  It seems to accept the
>>> commands, but when I click on "Partition", it comes back "failed".  I'm
>>> guessing it is because the drive is too large.
>>>
>>> I've tried fiddling around with my Ramfast, but of course it doesn't
>>> understand anything about HFS.
>>>
>>> I've looked at UtilityWorks and at ProSel 16, but don't find anything there.
>>>
>>> I've connected it to a High Speed SCSI and tried Apple's utilities; they
>>> will set up four ProDos partitions but leave the rest of the drive blank.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Rich
>> 
>> See if this old post helps
>> 
>> https://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_thread/thread/2e851e88a1963b8b/9389fad3dc74d1e1?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=scsi#9389fad3dc74d1e1
>> 
>> Rob
> 
> Thanks Rob!  I've got it solved.
> 
> I was trying to do it on my main system, which has five hard 
> drives and a Zip drive attached to it as well as a RamFast. 
> That may have been the problem. 
> 
> I found a spare hard drive which had System 6 and ADU on it, 
> attached it and the subject hard drive to a separate IIGS 
> (using an Apple High Speed).  From the spare HD I launched ADU 
> and from there it was easy-peasy.  Followed the menu and within 
> a couple of minutes I had the new drive completely partitioned. 
> Loaded Sys 6.0.1 and re-booted just fine from the new drive. 

Elegant solution, Rich, good job. 

Bill