Re: Apple IIgs and Jaz Drive- keeps ejecting Why?

[SHartz40 <SHartz40@yahoo.com>]

On Feb 14, 7:40 am, Toinet <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
> On 14 fév, 06:50, SHartz40 <SHart...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > Success!!!!  One CAN NOT format the drives on the IIgs in my
> > experience.  They are just too large.  Can be
> > formatted and partitioned on a Mac with SCSI using  2 different
> > programs, then back to the GS fro additional tweeking....  Spent all
> > day on it yesterday and finally found a solution!  Using theJaznow!
> > I anyone needs  disks formatted and partitioned, just mail them to me
> > with # and size of partitions and HFS or ProDos and I'll work on them
> > and return ready to go.    Will run about $5 per cartridge plus
> > postage - fair enough?  (takes 30 minutes  per 1GB cartridge)
> > Steve
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> > On Feb 14, 12:39 am, SHartz40 <SHart...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > BTW, I hooked theJazdriveup to my Powerbook and it works fine....
> > > SHartz
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> > > On Feb 12, 10:09 pm, who...@whollymindless.com (Wholly Mindless)
> > > wrote:
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> > > > > Sorry, I don't know why the cartridges are ejecting, but if you do get
> > > > > theJazdriveto work, please let the group know.
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> > > > > I haven't been able to get aJazdriveto work with my RamFast card.
> > > > > Zip yes, butJazno.  Figured it must be a driver thing.
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> > > > I just picked up a someJazdrives and a ton of carts.  I'm waiting on an
> > > > adapter from monoprice before I get to share your pain.  I am not on a
> > > > RAMFast though so things might be slightly different.
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> Did you try using it directly from the Finder under GS/OS? Did you
> also try with ADU (Advanced Disk Utility), a disk formatting/
> paritioning software from the System disk?
>
> Regards,
> antoine

Yes, tried all that- just kept ejecting.....  The GS didn't 'like' it
at all until it was formatted and partitioned on my Mac - trice.  Then
tweeked when back on the gs, now recognized.