Re: 800k vs 1.44k floppy drives

["John Zielke" <jzielke@twmi.rr.NOSPAM.com>]

What MAC do you have?  The newer IMacs and PowerMac have a hard time
creating the GS system disks.  I had to get out my old IIsi to the disks.  I
was getting an Unable To Load Prodos error with the diskettes created on my
PowerMac.  The SI created fine the first time.  From what I understand it is
a hardware issue that prevents the newer macs to create the diskettes.


"Nailslover" <nailslover@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >at 1.4MB. Covering the hole will fool it into thinking it's a DD disk. Be
> >aware though that this isn't recommended, the disk recording won't be
> >reliable, but it will normally work if you need to transfer some files.
> >
>
>
> cool.  i will go ahead and do that.  i only have boot floppys that are 5
1/4,
> no 3 1/2 boot floppys and the problem is that i can't seem to format 3 1/2
> floppys that are the second drive on the chain from the 5 1/4 (apple 2 gs,
then
> 5 1/4 then 3 1/2, thats the only way i can boot since i dont' ahve 3 1/2
boot
> floppys.)
>
> so extracting the system 6.01 to covered hole floppys then booting to
them,
> then i should be able to make acutal formats from the apple 2 gs onto
other 3
> 1/2 floppys??