Re: GS Shrinkit - Newbie question

["Chuck Nelson" <nelsoncl@neo.rr.com>]

I took your advice and set up a RAM disk of 800MB and used 8-bit Shrinkit
booted from Prodos to expand the disk image. Doing this I can download the
file directly to the RAM disk with ZLink and then switch to Shrinkit to make
the disk. No disk swapping at all!

I still would like to know to get around the GSShrinkit disk swap issue, but
I will play with that later. Thanks for the help!

Chuck

"Rubywand" <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> Chuck Nelson writes ...
> >
> > I am just back in the GSWorld after a very long absence. I'm struggling
with
> > GSShrinkit and I hope someone can help me.
> >
> > I have used ZLink to transfer some .shk files over to the GS. If I use
the
> > IIe version of Shrint-it, I can get them to extract fine. You just have
to
> > swap disks 100 times or so. I just downloaded a disk that has 6.01 and
> > GS-Shrinkit on it called "GSUTILS" that I created with the IIe version
of
> > Shrinkit. I also have a disk called "Data" that has a .sdk on it.
> >
> > Here's what I do:
> >
> > 1) I boot up the GSUtils disk.
> > 2) Pop that disk out
> > 3) Put in the disk called "Data"
> > 4) Pull down File menu, select Open, then double click on the file name
of
> > the disk image file.
> > 5) A dialog box comes up and asks me to select device for extraction.
The
> > name is ".APPLEDISK3.5A"
> > 6) I click "Eject" to get the "Data" disk out and put in the disk I want
the
> > image on.
> > 7) It asks me if I want to format and I select "Yes".
> > 8) Disk gets formated. After that, it prompts me to put "Data" back in.
> > 9) I then put "Data" in and it starts to read in the image. To this
point I
> > am good.
> > 10) GSHK comes back and asks me to load the "GSUTILS" disk and then
proceeds
> > to overwrite it. It never asks for the disk I just created.
> >
> > Sometimes it will come back and ask for "Data", sometimes for "GSUTILS",
> > never the disk I want it to go to. It took a few times to figure this
out. I
> > am sure it is something I am doing wrong. I have tried blank disk,
formatted
> > disks, disks with data, everything and I just can't get it to write to
the
> > correct disk. At this point I would almost rather use the IIe version as
it
> > at least won't overwrite stuff.
> >
> > Please enlighten a poor guy who just wants to play "Defender of the
Crown".
> > Thanks for the help!
>
>      Not sure. Specifying a Drive device target instead of a Volume Name
target
> may be confusing things. GS-ShrinkIt seems to be assuming (incorrectly)
that it
> is ready to start writing to the target because the target is taken to be
> whatever is in 3.5" Drive 1 at the time it checks prior to writing..
>
>      You might try write-protecting the GSUTILS (or DATA) disk before
inserting
> when asked prior to writing. Maybe you will get a message telling you the
> target is write-protected and have a chance to swap in your target disk
and the
> stuff will be written.
>
>      An alternative try is using a formatted and named target disk. (You
tell
> GS-ShrinkIt the target's name instead of just specifying the drive.)
>
>
>      More generally, trying to run GS System with GS utils (especially a
util
> like GS-ShrinkIt) with only one 800k drive is pretty much a chore.
>
>      Getting 4MB of RAM would allow lots more flexibility-- like you could
set
> up an 800k RAM Disk. Or you could use FlashBoot to preload System 6.0.1
onto a
> larger RAM disk and run from there-- it's a lot like having a hard disk.
>
>
>
> Rubywand