Re: SHK Image files?

[jpendarv@patriot.net (jim pendarvis)]

In article <3D222000.2060305@shaw.ca>, Brad Korponay <brad_k@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Scott Alfter wrote:
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> > In article <3D21B5D9.2070208@shaw.ca>, Brad Korponay  <brad_k@shaw.ca>
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> >>Mark Cummings wrote:
> >>Time to get a hard drive. :-)
> >>I've tried transfering files to the GS, but in order to read my Mac 
> >>formatted 800K disk, I need the HFS file system installed on my boot 
> >>disk. I try to update it, but I'm short 4K! Arg
> >>
> >>I would try to format a ProDOS disk with my LC III, but it has System 
> >>7.1 on it and will only format Mac 800K and PC 720K disks. Is there a 
> >>way of formatting/using ProDOS disks with System 7.1?
> > 
> > 
> > Is there a reason you can't install 7.5.3?  It's a free download, and it
> > will read/write/format ProDOS floppies.  Last night, my netatalk server was
> > acting up, so I ended up FTPing an archive to my Quadra 610, taking the 3.5"
> > disk to my IIGS, and unpacking the archive there to a 5.25" disk for my IIe.
> > 
> > (I've since gotten netatalk working again...for some reason, the AppleTalk
> > kernel module refused to load.  Upgrading to Linux 2.4.18 (I was using
> > 2.4.14) fixed that.)
> > 
> > Macs are useful Apple II peripherals, aren't they? :-)
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> I've done just that. I downloaded the 7.5.3 images on my PC, transfered 
> the disk images to my 6100/60, moved the disk images onto Mac formatted 
> floppies where I'm now installing it to my LC III. I traditionally liked 
>   7.1 over 7.5.3 because of it's speed. Perhaps I'm too much of a 
> purist..I just like 7.1. Oh well.
> 
> Yes, I could've saved a lot of time by just downloading the 7.5.3 disk 
> images directly to the 6100, but I needed my internet connection on the 
> PC for another "project". :-)
> 
> -Brad

I used the 7.5.3 update 2 to go from 7.5 to 7.5.3. Using the easy install
option did not install everything one might want. Some of that was by
design, but there were a couple of things that I think should have been
automatically installed. You need to do a custom install to get them.

Anyway, the prodos extension and pc exchange makes it very easy to move
stuff between systems. You can read/write 720k/800k/1.4mb as appropriate.

jim