Re: Mac O/S wouldn't recognize a 32 MB ProDOS Partition on a CF card

[Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid>]

In article 
<2002961452325561666.364748mjmahon-aol.com@news.giganews.com>,
 Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid> wrote:
> > In article <BLmdncMoIsJ4iCrQnZ2dnUVZ5rudnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> >  "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> AppleCPM wrote:
> >>> Hi!
> >>> 
> >>> On Apr 25, 5:49 pm, Eric wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> However, the SCSI cards tended to use Apple Partition Map, I thought.
> >>>> So, the question is, what SCSI card is this?
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>     Good question!  The CF card was most likely partitioned using the
> >>> Chinook SCSI Utility (CSU) with an Apple SCSI card.  I'm going to
> >>> format a 32 MB CF card on a Windows machine as a FAT volume then take
> >>> that card and partition it as a ProDOS volume to see if I can
> >>> duplicate the problem.  CFFA users can't experience this problem
> >>> because the CFFA doesn't create a Mac partition map.  I bought a CFFA
> >>> some time ago but have never used it because of that.
> >> 
> >> In the past, I remember having to partition a drive on the Mac if I
> >> wanted to be able to remount it on the Mac after creating a ProDOS
> >> partition.
> > 
> > The partitioning on the Mac wasn't necessary. Installing Apple's SCSI 
> > drivers on the drive was. But you can do this with Advanced Disk Utility 
> > on the IIGS if you have the right files in the correct location. I know 
> > this worked for me going between IIGS and Macs.
> 
> I was using a //e, and the Chinook utility. 
> 
> > And there were OS 9 and earlier utilities that would mount the drive 
> > without having to install those drivers.
> 
> ISTR that FWB Toolkit was one of those...

Yes, and FWB could install drivers on drives with an Apple Partition so 
you wouldn't need to repartition the drive. So, with the right software, 
partitioning on a Mac so it could be read on a Mac wasn't necessary. But 
most people wouldn't have had the right software so partitioning on the 
Mac would have been the easy step.

Greg B.

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