Re: UPDATE #2: Apple IIgs / Iomega Zip Drive Problems

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

Prodos can only handle 32meg partitions.  Are you using
the SCSI utility disk?

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"Douglas E. Morris" <dmorris@doors.dnsalias.com> wrote in message
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> Well,
>
> I decided that mabey if I deleted all the partitions on the disk that
would
> help.  So I hooked it up to a linux box, wiped the partition table, and
put
> it back on the IIgs system.  Exect same problems I was getting before with
> the exception that the GS is no longer identifying the zip disk as MS-DOS.
>
> Sigh......
>
> Doug
>
> "Douglas E. Morris" <dmorris@doors.dnsalias.com> wrote in message
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> > Ok,
> >
> > I have gotten the Apple IIgs up and running, and i have System 6.0.1 on
> > floppy disks.  I boot up with Disk #2 and then go to the system tools
disk
> > to get to the Apple IIgs Advanced Disk Utility.  Here is where the
problem
> > is.  The Zip Drive is not seen at all.
> >
> > I have termination set to on, and have tried both ID 5 and 6.  I have
> tried
> > multiple reboots, and have even made sure that the Zip drive was powered
> on
> > at least 5 mins and had a disk in the drive before I turned on the Apple
> > IIgs.
> >
> > The only thing I can think of now is that perhaps it can not deal with
the
> > zip disk I want to use because it has an IBM format on it.  I want to
> erase
> > this disk and use it for just Apple IIgs.  Do I need to get this disk
> > formatted before the Apple IIgs can see it?  Or am I missing something
> else
> > here?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > p.s. I am using an actual Apple SCSI card, and I do NOT think it is the
HS
> > version.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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