Re: apple 2e LC card - prodos hd partitons

[Lyle Syverson <lyleREMOVE@FoxValley.net>]

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Lyle Syverson wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, John wrote:
>
> > How can I create formated Prodos partitions, which are bootbalbe by an
> > Apple 2e card, on SyQuest disks?
> >
> > Background.
> > I just started playing with the a2e card. The included software can
> > partition and format Prodos, but only on genuine Apple drives (I'd
> > like to use a SyQuest, if possible).
> >
> > I tried creating 3 28meg Prodos partitions on a iigs. They are
> > recognized on a IIgs, but won't mount on a Mac.
>
> Preparing a SyQuest 44/88 disk for use with the IIe card:
>
> 1. Be sure that the extention "ProDOS File System" is
> installed on your Mac and that it is active.
> (This control panel is included in the IIe card software download
> from Apple.)
>
> 2. When partitioning the disk, format the first patition as HFS,
> then add ProDOS partitions.
>
> 3. Depending on what software has been used to format, initialize,
> partition, wipe, etc the disk in the past one of the two methods
> below should work.
>
> 4. Use "Apple HD SC Setup 7.3.5 Patched" to prepare the disk
> as per 2. above.  For instructions for patching HD SC Setup go to:
> http://macfaq.org/hardware/harddisk.shtml
>
> 5. If the patched HD Setup does not recognize the disk, use the
> SyQuest Utilities to set up the disk, then use
> Apple HD SC Setup Patched (see 4. above) to partition using the
> steps below.
>
> A. Do a google search for "SyQuest Utilities Mac" to locate and
> download a copy of the utilities.
>
> B. Install and activate the SyQuest Utilities control panel on
> your Mac.
>
> C. Prepare the disk with the SQ Utilities.
>
> [Note... leave the SyQuest disk in the SyQuest drive during the
> following steps]
>
> D. Use the extentions manager to to deactivate the SyQuest Control
> Panel.
>
> E. Restart the Mac. (Don't shutdown, Restart)
>
> F. Now use "Apple HD SC Setup Patched" to initialize, then partition
> the disk.  (HFS for the first partition, ProDOS for the remaining
> partitions.)
>
> [Note... when using the prepared disk, leave the SyQuest Control
> Panel deactivated.]
>
> Lyle Syverson <lyleREMOVE@FoxValley.net>   Editor, _The Lamp!_
> published monthly at:   http://lamp.a2central.com/

The procedure above will make the partitions usable with the IIe card.
To make the ProDOS partitions bootable with the IIe card:

Use the IIgs finder to initialize each of the ProDOS partitions.

Lyle Syverson <lyleREMOVE@FoxValley.net>   Editor, _The Lamp!_
published monthly at:   http://lamp.a2central.com/



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