Re: Odd request for partitioning help (Mac LC 580, internal IDE HD, Apple IIe card)

[Dennis Jenkins <djenkins@usb.com>]

1) Attach the drive to a Linux based computer.
2) Partition it with mac-fdisk.
3) Place drive back in Mac, and format the HFS partition using mac
software
4) If the mac loads the prodos filesystem driver, it can format the
prodos partition for you, otherwise you'll need to mount it in the IIe
emulator and format it using "FILER" or some other such tool.

Rodney Hester wrote:
> 
> I have a dilemma.
> 
> I have the Apple IIe card for the LC.  It has the ability to use Apple HD SC
> Setup to create a ProDOS partition (for use by the Apple IIe) on your LC's
> SCSI hard drive.
> 
> Oops.  The LC 580 doesn't have a SCSI hard drive.  It's IDE.
> 
> Short of purchasing an external SCSI hard drive, does anyone know of a way
> of doing the same thing Apple HD SC Setup does on an IDE drive?  (Obviously
> Drive Setup will work with the IDE drive, but it doesn't allow any sort of
> partitioning, unless someone knows about an easter egg I'm not familiar
> with.  ;)  What tools, if any, are available that will permit me to create a
> ProDOS partition on the LC 580's internal IDE hard drive?
> 
> If anyone can help, I will be very, very thankful...
> 
> Rodney

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