Re: How do I start ProDos?

[Courtney Thomas <ccthomas@flash.net>]

Mark,

Thanks for your previous response regarding getting a SCSI drive going
on a IIe/IIgs.

I have an Apple SCSI card plugged into slot 2 on the IIgs with scan
enabled, as you suggested.

ProDOS boots up from the 3.5" drive OK.

I am trying to get 6.01 running as I understand that's the way to go
with a HD.

I am unable to install the 3.5" OS6.01 floppies because of error........
"Can't find ProDOS", even though there is a file on the floppy called
ProDOS [3k I believe].

What's wrong ?

Thanks once more,

Courtney




Mark Cummings wrote:
> 
> If your DOS 3.3 disk works in that same setup, then the problem will be that
> your ProDOS User disk is faulty. You need to get a new copy, possibly over
> the top of your existing disk, so you can keep the nice label. I'm not sure
> what you else you have, but if you have Copy II Plus, most versions can
> Verify your suspect Prodos User Disk. Use the Verify Disk option. If that
> fails your disk is cactus. You can also try Verify Files and select all of
> them, if that works formatting a new blank disk and copy all the files to it
> should result in a new bootable ProDOS User disk.
> 
> Mark
> 
> ----------
> In article <3B653726.EE341BAE@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, Steve Maughan
> <saxm@dcs.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> >Ralf Quint wrote:
> >> Do you have any other bootable disk (DOS 3.3 or DOS 3.2), just to
> >> verify that the disk drive is still working alright after all the
> >> time???.....
> >
> >Yeah, I've got a Dos 3.3 disk which works fine. But I heard that ProDos
> >is a lot faster than Dos 3.3, so I was going to give it a go if I could
> >get it working...
> >
> >--
> >
> >Steve Maughan
> >
> >    Don't run away from your problems...
> >    Riding is much faster.