Re: help how to make prodos disk

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <processoroverclocked-1408001305020001@dialup-napanet-206-81-101-48.napanet.net>,
Jon Bettencourt <processoroverclocked@33mhz.cjb.net> wrote:
>> >DiskCopy has problems with making ProDOS disks. Finder does not.
>> 
>> Um, DiskCopy doesn't give a whit what format disks are in....
>
>Did I say it did?

It's implicit in saying that the Finder can do ProDOS disks better. 

>> There was a TIL article about this problem once upon a time, but I found
>> that the most sure fire cure is to use a II to format the disks then do
>> DiskCopy to put on the image. In general, you're best off formatting
>> disks for IIs in on a II. Then alignment problems and the like (since
>> any Apple II floppy will have some mileage on it at this point) don't come
>> into play.
>
>Didn't the original poster say he had no software for his Apple II to even
>format a disk on it?

I said in general it's better, but that's no help with the chicken and egg
problem like we're talking here. If I had to start from scratch I might
try to get the 8 bit system utilities so I could format disks, then try
getting the IIgs system software. 
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