Re: Apple IIe Card and Mac ProDOS partitions

[Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com>]

>>>>> "LE" == Labelas Enoreth <labelas@hotmail.com> writes:

 LE> Make sure that you 'add' the volumes to the drives panel in the
 LE> IIe setup, they should appear in the slots in the bottom of the
 LE> window after you boot the IIe.  Also, make sure that they are not
 LE> mounted while the IIe environment is active.

I did this.  I mean ProDOS sees them, but it can not do anything with
them (it reports write errors).

 LE> Did you format them with HDSC setup or something else? Some
 LE> utilities do funny things which make the software not want to
 LE> recognize them. They must be hard partitions and not soft
 LE> partitions, as well.

I used Drive Setup since HDSC Setup refused to deal with Micropolis
2GB drive.  I mean, I can mount the ProDOS partitions, but they are
simply locked.

I have even tried Unlock tools, but they complain as well.

 LE> In article <afkoglypax8.fsf@dobbs.eng.sun.com>, Charles Stephens
 LE> <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com> wrote:

 >> I just installed my IIe card and partitioned my Mac HD with 2 ProDOS
 >> partitions.  However, they seem to be locked and ProDOS can not access
 >> them.
 >> 
 >> Has anyone else had this problem and/or how do I fix it.

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