Re: Why does my CMS SCSI card only let me do 2 32MB partitions?

[Tanya <star@untogether.com>]

In article <8nn16n$l35$1@strauss.udel.edu>, jeremym@strauss.udel.edu 
(Jeremy Adam Moskowitz) wrote:

> I'm using the CMS SCSI card (I also have an Apple High Speed SCSI card
> sitting in the box).
> 
> When I partitioned my drive (a 270MB Sqyuest cart, actually)
> using Copy //+ 9.2, it only let me set up two partitions:
> Slot 7,1: 32 MB
> Slot 7,2: 32 MB
> 
> That's it.
> 
> Any idea how to crank more out of it?

If you're setting up ProDOS partitions then 2 is all you get with the 
CMS card.   The card will automatically create as many partitions as 
needed to use your entire drive capacity, and all are mounted on a GS 
under GS/OS 6.01.  

Using ProDOS stuff, however, limits you to 2 partitions.  I have a CMS 
SCSI card on my //GS and it works just fine.  It has a 100 meg drive 
partitioned into 3 32 meg drives and a 4 meg drive.  All get mounted 
under GS/OS.  

When I want to boot ProDOS I tell it to make drive 3 the Slot 7, Drive 1 
drive and ProDOS boots.  Most of the time I leave drive 1 setup as the 
Slot 7, Drive 1 drive to boot GS/OS 6.01.

For the price, the CMS SCSI card does the job, IMO.

Tanya