Re: Help: Using an Apple IIGs Hard disk HFS partition for MAC SE30 BOOT disk?

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

David. E. Goble (goble@kigateway.eastend.com.au) wrote:

: Sorry for posting this Mac question, but I have a Mac SE30 8/40 and
: wish to use a HFS partition on my Apple IIGs external hard disk.

: This partition was formated with system 6.0.1s Adv.Disk.Util.

You did it backwards. You want to format/partition with your Mac in order
to get a driver into the APPLE_DRIVER partition on the disk. Then the SE/30
will be hppy with it.

: I then, using appleTalk, copied a copy of system 7 on to the
: partition. Then connected the hard disk up to the Mac SE30 and booted
: up from the Mac SE30s internal system, but the external hard disk was
: not recognised. Can anyone help?

I wouldn't expect this to work. Aside from the fact that localtalk copies
files about as fast as your fingernails grow, you're best off using the
Installer to make the system folder.
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