Re: MicroDrive Re-Do-Do

[scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <4695e7ce$0$3833$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net>,
Linards Ticmanis  <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote:
>Do you have access to a Linux machine with a card reader?
>
>If yes, insert the card there, then type "mount" in a terminal window to
>see which the device special file (such as /dev/sdb) is, (Note: Remove
>the number at the end, so /dev/sdb1 becomes /dev/sdb, because you want
>to delete the whole card and not just some partition).
>
>Then "umount" the beast but don't remove it. Now do this as root:
>
>cat /dev/zero | tr '\0' '\377' > device name
>
>and wait. Make absolutely sure that you get the device name right,
>otherwise you can end up deleting your hard disk!

You could also partition the card while you're at it:

mac-fdisk /dev/sdb (or whatever)

You might need to install this if you're running Linux on something other
than a Mac.  Apple-style partition-table support (CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION) is a
useful kernel feature to have, too.

To create a ProDOS partition with mac-fdisk, use the C (create with type
also specified) command, and when asked for the partition type, use
Apple_PRODOS.  Since there are no tools on Linux to format ProDOS partitions
(yet), you'll still need an Apple II (or an Apple II emulator) to format the
new partition.

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