Re: MicroDrive Re-Do-Do

["William Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message JNKdnWKNgaCNOAvbnZ2dnUVZ_sSmnZ2d@comcast.com">news:JNKdnWKNgaCNOAvbnZ2dnUVZ_sSmnZ2d@comcast.com...
: Steve ][ wrote:
: >>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.
:
: It sounds like you didn't "commit" or write the new partition data
: to the drive...  Did you exit the partition utility normally?
:
: > 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?
:
: That kind of failure should be detected by the formatting utility,
: which, if reasonably written, will verify that the newly written
: partition info can be correctly read back.
:
: Since everything on the drive depends on the partition table data,
: if ever there were a reason to verify, this is it.  If I were doing
: it, I'd even include a checksum in the partition table.
:
: > 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.
:
: This shouldn't be possible, but it depends on how the MicroDrive
: firmware is written.

If any new partition markings fall at the same location
as an old one, you will see the name. Simply reformat
it with a new name, or use the old one. No biggie.

William Garber
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