Re: Modify a Mac external HD for a IIgs?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Marc Sira <toh@victoria.tc.ca> wrote:

> In our last episode, dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) said:
> 
> >I suspect that PC Exchange doesn't support ProDOS partitions on a hard
> >drive, only on floppies, or they may have just not provided support for
> >formatting.
> 
> PC Exchange (File Exchange in Mac OS 8.x) does support ProDOS filesystems in
> Inside Mac V partitions; I've used it for years.

In that case, why didn't it offer a ProDOS option (for Darre - the
original poster) when erasing the disk?  I've seen it for floppies, but
I've never needed to erase a Mac hard drive partition.

An obvious possibility, given the size of the drives quoted, is that
Darre is running an older version of the Mac system software, which
doesn't have PC Exchange.  (It was definitely there in 7.5.3, but I'm
not sure about 7.1.)

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