Re: AE PCT Hard Drive Corrupted

["Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>]

"Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com> wrote in message
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> "Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> > I have a damaged PCT which can no longer access the floppy port(s).
> > is there a way I could create a DOS partition on a GS hdd and then get
the
> > thing to boot MessyDos off the GS, either directly or after booting the
> > Start Up floppy on the Apple 3.5 drive ?
>
> As far as I know (I don't actually have a PCT), that is the whole purpose
of
> having the hard disk files on the GS!
>
> > also is it possible to get files from the PC to the MSDOS partition
(file)
> > via Appletalk and diskless operation ? or is that what MUG does ?
>
> "From the PC" - do you mean a physically separate PC box?

correct sort of. separate except for the link via Appletalk to the GS via a
Mac, as my current setup allows. or if not how would I get PC files from a
PC formatted floppy, say 5.25" 360K, to the PCT MSDOS partition on the
ProDOS HDD ?

> The point of MUG! is to read and write files from any MS-DOS disk that the
> GS can read. For example, a SuperDrive, a Zip disk, or a PCT-attached
floppy
> or hard disk file. So I guess you could read the files from a PC disk onto
> the GS, then copy them to the PCT hard disk file.
>
> I have no idea if you could use Appletalk to connect to a PC, although I
> know it can be done with a Mac. Others here may have tried it and can
answer
> the question. If it works, then you would save the step of using MUG! to
> copy the files to the GS.

I can get files onto the GS HDD via Appletalk, but not sure how I would get
them into the MSDOS partition (ie ProDOS file acting as the MSDOS HDD)

I guess my main problem is in how to create the MSDOS partition on the GS
ProDOS HDD, then which files I need to transfer to the GS from the 5.25"
MSDOS disks I have, since my TransDrives are useless now.

Mark