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

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

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.

I do recall partitioning an ide hard drive some time back but I don't recall
whether I used Drive Setup or not. In any case Drive Setup won't Initialize or
partition the drive you booted off. You might try booting off a CD or Floppy
and then trying Drive Setup.

    Wayne