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Re: How the heck do you format a disk with ProDos?
- Subject: Re: How the heck do you format a disk with ProDos?
- From: Convention96 <Lcham@concentric.net>
- Date: 1997/02/24
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Concentric Internet Services
- References: <01bc207d$197685d0$c77e2299@christina> <5eqvk4$9qe@borg.svpal.org>
- Reply-to: Lcham@concentric.net
Paul Creager wrote:
>
> John McCormick (johnmcc@gte.net) wrote:
> : I thought that it was INIT according to the FAQ. But I get Syntax error
> : when I try.
>
> INIT works under good old DOS 3.3. I don't think ProDOS ever implimented
> a formatting command; you have to use a separate utility. (Copy ][+ is
> nice since you can format as either DOS 3.3 or ProDOS.)
>
> I went straight from DOS 3.3 to GS/OS, so you'll have to excuse any
> misinformation I might spout about ProDOS. :)
>
> Wily