Re: Big ol' HFS partition

[Jalapeno <jalapeno1@mac.com>]

In article <3DACD5B7.A9CF882E@ySPAMJAMahoo.com>,
 "John E. Becker, Jr" <onlinejb@ySPAMJAMahoo.com> wrote:

> Jalapeno wrote:
> > 
> > If you are discussing the ///SHH Systeme MicroDrive I have a manual
> > dated 1996. It says that older versions of the IDE card won't make
> > partitions greater than 32MB but this version does. It also has a 3/4
> > page lecture on why you shouldn't use HFS partitions with an Apple IIgs
> > (not the least of which is that there are no recovery programs which can
> > repair a damaged HFS directory structure on the Apple II).
> > 
> > I think you should boot the utility program and try to make a disk
> > partition larger than 32MB (type an E to enter the partition editor).
> > 
> > You will get a !! next to the partition if you are successful (the !!
> > being a warning from ///SHH Systeme that you can make partitions as
> > large as your hard disk will allow but don't send them any complaints if
> > something goes wrong with the data on your hard disk). If the utility
> > won't let you make big partitions then your card can't use them anyway.
> 
> Since I added another IDE drive, I now have 14 ProDOS volumes, and that
> gets confusing.  The risks be darned, it's time for HFS.  :)
> 
> I have Firmware v1.23 and Utilities v0.96.  Isn't that the
> big-partition-supporting version?  ...

I have Firmware v1.00IIGS and Utilities v0.98
                     ^^^^

>  ... Is there a special key or command
> that tells the partition editor to exceed the 32MB limit?  (somehow I
> think the online help <?> isn't telling me everything...)

Nope. Just keep increasing the size of the partition until you run out 
of space on the hard disk.