Re: IIgs, ShrinkIt 3.4, and a single 3.5" drive

[Justin Scott <djnospam@impakt.net>]

william strutts <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:
> Move the Shrinkit file to 5.25 disk and run the app from there.
> With only one 3.5" disk, you will have to swap the disk when it
> needs stuff from the boot volume, application that is running and
> the file to copy from.  With the app on the 5.25 volume, it is
> one less thing that may be looking at the 3.5" disk.  It is worth
> a shot.

I see what you're saying.  This is how it was configured when I had my 
problem.

The problem is that the SDK file and the target drive are both S5,D1.

Everything goes fine until the first bit of image data is supposed to be
written to the target disk.  At that very instant, the error "Data Error $81"
comes up, regardless of the image used or disk used as the target.

Copy ][+ had no problems doing a "disk w/format" backup of a piece of 
software I just purchased, even though I had to swap the disk MANY more times 
than I ever had to do making single-drive disk copies on my //c back in 86-89.

I just assumed that I could get 8-bit ShrinkIt to cooperate in the same 
manner.

I've just found another ShrinkIt 5.25 disk image, so I guess I'll give it a
try.

> Not really.  Extra RAM would mean that you could create the
> /RAM5 disk and shove that 525K SDK file on it and then run
> the Shrinkit App from the 5.25 drive so that it won't have to
> swap the 3.5" disk.

Wow!  Thanks for reminding me about ram disks! :)  I have actually been
watching a few IIgs memory cards on eBay.  Might pick one up.  I've just been
reluctant up til now cuz I wasn't sure how it would benefit me immediately.

Y'know, a day after I bought my 3.5" drive, I thought "I shoulda got two."
Glad I ordered it, but cuz of the weekend, it won't be here till next week.
<sigh>

>> Thanks for the insight. :)

This still applies. :)

cheers,
j