Re: mounting a Prodos hard rive on a Power PC

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

Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:

> In article dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes...
> 
> >Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
> >>     Will FWB ToolKit install the proper driver on an existing ProDOS
> >> or HFS partition?
> > 
> >The driver is not installed inside a partition - it needs a separate
> >partition of its own.
> > 
> >The question is: what was used to partition the IIgs drive?
> 
>     The RamFAST's built-in firmware utilities.

I haven't looked closely at a RamFast-partitioned drive, but I assume it
doesn't leave space (or empty partitions) for later installation of a
Mac driver.

> >To be on the safe side, I'd strongly suggest making a backup copy of the
> >drive on the IIgs, before trying to run Mac sofwtware to add a driver.
> >It wouldn't take much to accidentally wipe the ProDOS partitions.
> >  
> >I'd also recommend AppleTalk as a much safer option.
> 
>     Yep, I don't want to risk wipping any of my ProDOS partitions
> just to see if I can get the Macintosh Plus to recognize the SCSI
> hardrive. I'll stick to using an AppleTalk network, or better yet,
> pull the old/slow 20 MB Seagate mechanism and replace it with a
> 40-80 MB drive for a few dollars (first I would like to find a
> SCSI drive of any size for my second IIgs system though). :)

Another option that occurred to me: set up a second hard drive with the
correct Mac driver installed, connect it to the IIgs, and copy all the
files over on the IIgs.

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David Empson
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