Re: Strange IIgs error (Update!)

[Noah Sager <noahsager@mac.com>]

Rubywand wrote:

 
>      Unclear. Do you mean that you have, in the past, created the GS System 6.0.1
> System Disk from the copy available for download from Apple?

Yes. I have also created disks from other images that were bootable. (A StarTrek game.)

 
> > Why can't I make IIgs boot disks anymore?!
>  ....
> 
>      Hard to say. For instance, you seem to be saying that you can not create any
> IIgs boot disks. That is, you seem to be saying that you can not even create a
> disk which boots ProDOS.

I can not create a single boot disk for my IIgs. Not GS/OS. Not ProDOS. None.

> o- Do you currently have any way to boot ProDOS? How? (e.g. from 3.5" diskette,
> hard disk, ...) ?

I have no current way to boot ProDOS.

> o- Do you currently have a way to boot DOS 3.3 on your IIgs?

I have no current way to boot DOS 3.3. 

> o- What kind of disk drives are connected to your IIgs?

I have an 800k 3.5 and a 5.25. I am using the 3.5 drive because my PB can't use 5.25 disks. No 
disks came with my IIgs when I bought it at a garage sale for a measly $6. (The owner just wanted 
to get rid of it. It works, however.) I am trying to create a 3.5 boot disk from my PB 180. 

> o- Do you have a telecom program (like ProTerm, ZLink, Modem MGR, ...) which you
> can run on your IIgs?

No. 

> o- Do you have a way to start Copy II Plus on your IIgs?

No.

> o- Do you have a PC connected to the net?

I have my PowerBook 180 connected to the internet. If I need access to a Windoze machine, I can 
get it. 

>      Something you could check fairly quickly is that you are using 3.5" diskettes
> which your IIgs can handle. (Some diskettes labeled "DD" do not work.)  A pretty
> good positive indicator is that your IIgs can format the diskette for 800k.

I have tried disks that the IIgs has formatted in the past. Same results. I can't try my current 
disk in that fashion, because I can't boot my IIgs in the first place.

Could it really be a problem with my PB drive? Even though it worked in the past?
Could it be a problem with the IIgs drive?

Noah Sager
noahsager@mac.com