Re: Modify a Mac external HD for a IIgs?

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Stavros Robert Karatsoridis <skaratso@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> wrote:

: You're forgetting something.  I can still format 3.5" disks for ProDOS on
: my Mac in 8.6, just tried, and it works like a charm.  One never could
: just erase a partition as ProDOS from the Finder.  That has to be done
: using Drive Setup.  Last time I checked (which was last week, when I
: rebuilt my hard drive for 8.6), you still had the option of creating one
: or two 32 MB ProDOS partitions on the HD.

You need to make sure you try the erase on a volume under 32 mb. It seems
that you can do that but I'd have to plug in an old 20 mb disk to try.
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