Re: Help: Using an Apple IIGs Hard disk HFS partition for MAC SE30 BOOT disk?

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David Empson wrote:
> 
> Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:
> 
> > David. E. Goble (goble@kigateway.eastend.com.au) wrote:
> >
> > : Sorry for posting this Mac question, but I have a Mac SE30 8/40 and
> > : wish to use a HFS partition on my Apple IIGs external hard disk.
> >
> > : This partition was formated with system 6.0.1s Adv.Disk.Util.
> >
> > You did it backwards. You want to format/partition with your Mac in order
> > to get a driver into the APPLE_DRIVER partition on the disk. Then the SE/30
> > will be hppy with it.
> >
> > : I then, using appleTalk, copied a copy of system 7 on to the
> > : partition. Then connected the hard disk up to the Mac SE30 and booted
> > : up from the Mac SE30s internal system, but the external hard disk was
> > : not recognised. Can anyone help?
> >
> > I wouldn't expect this to work.
> 
> It should work if done while the hard drive is connected to the same
> machine (the Mac Finder knows to copy the "blessedness" of the System
> Folder, which requires updating the boot sector), but I'd be surprised
> if it worked when copying over a network.
> 
> (I discovered that this worked entirely by accident - I backed up my
> system folder onto a ZIP disk, then discovered I could boot from the
> ZIP!)
> 
> It should be easy enough to fix this: drag the Finder out of the
> non-blessed System Folder, then drag it back in again.  Finder should
> note the presence of both Finder and System, and will mark the folder
> with the blessed icon, indicating that it has done the required
> low-level updates.
> 
> In any case, the primary problem (as others have mentioned) is the lack
> of a Macintosh driver, preventing the drive from being seen at all.
> This implies it is a third-party drive (not Apple badged), so ADU didn't
> put the Apple-only driver onto it.
> 
> Using GenEx to create the GenericMacSCSI file _before_ partitioning the
> drive on the IIgs should do the trick, but trying to add the driver now
> without losing the disk contents is tricky.  I'd suggest backing up any
> data you want to keep and starting again.
> 
> --
> David Empson
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz
> Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand
Is there any way to install the driver WITHOUT reformatting the drive?
This driver may come in handy someday...
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