Re: MicroDrive Re-Do-Do

["Steve ][" <sc-ii@hotmail.com>]

>Re-partition it using the MicroDrive utility, then re-format (hi-level)
>each partition.  Then restore the files to each partition from your
>backups.

Booting into the the MicroDrive floppy-based util, I did delete all 8
partitions, then created 8 new ones with different sizes. When I
booted with a System 6.0.1 floppy into the Finder, it saw my "new"
partitions with "old" names.

That is when I sait "WTF" and reformatted the CF card under WinXP, put
it back in the IIGS, and started over. Or so I thought.

Before I go too far, is it possible the CF card itself was corrupted?

My original idea was to have 8 partitions to boot into some
"edutainment" titles for my kid (making some partitions floppy-sized)
and leaving some space for me (making some others 32mb ProDOS boot
into GS/OS). Then I could drop the floppy drives completely and have a
useful (and quiet and small footprint) system. I wonder if one of the
apps I tried to install in a partition ("Talking Letters" for example)
could corrupt other CF partitions when it (didn't) boot up.

>
>If you have a CiderPress CF card backup, then just restore it from
>that, and all partitions will be resotred correctly.
>
>Not a good idea to FAT format it.
>
>-michael
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