Re: Creating Apple /// boot disks using MacADT

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Jerome Vernet wrote:
> jjj a �crit :
>
> > Hey guys... I'm having difficulties.
> >
> > I'm trying to create some Apple /// boot disks using MacADT. I have an 
> > SE/30 running MacADT, connected to an Apple //c. I format the disk 
> > using the //c with the "INIT HELLO" command. I am able to successfuly 
> > copy //-series software .dsk files from the SE/30 to the //c using 
> > MacADT to ADT transfer.
> >
> > So I downloaded the Apple3SystemUtils.dsk file and other system disk 
> > files for the Apple ///. I transferred them in the same way to 5.25" 
> > floppies using MacADT to ADT (SE/30 to //c). However when I put these 
> > disks in the Apple ///, it won't boot. It just gives the error, "I/O 
> > Error" in the center of the screen (no other info). When there's no 
> > disk in the drive, it just says RETRY ;
>
>
> I have exactly the same behaviour, altough I did'nt use the same way. 
> I'm using DSK2F58 to recreate disk on my IIgs, and it's not working. 
> With none of the disk image I found on Internet, except ONE, wich work.
>
> I buy a set of original Apple /// disk on ebay, made Disk image of them, 
> and was able to write them back to disk, using DSK2F58.
>
> So, most if not all Apple /// disk image that can be found around seems 
> to be corrupted.

I'm guessing it's a ProDOS-order, DOS order problem (which isn't hard
to fix).

CiderPress makes it easy on a PC--I'm sure there are programs that
swap sector order available for all platforms.

Another possibility is a missing SOS boot block (block 1), as
discussed earlier.

-michael

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