In article <4695e7ce$0$3833$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net>,
Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote:
Do you have access to a Linux machine with a card reader?
If yes, insert the card there, then type "mount" in a terminal window to
see which the device special file (such as /dev/sdb) is, (Note: Remove
the number at the end, so /dev/sdb1 becomes /dev/sdb, because you want
to delete the whole card and not just some partition).
Then "umount" the beast but don't remove it. Now do this as root:
cat /dev/zero | tr '\0' '\377' > device name
and wait. Make absolutely sure that you get the device name right,
otherwise you can end up deleting your hard disk!
You could also partition the card while you're at it:
mac-fdisk /dev/sdb (or whatever)
You might need to install this if you're running Linux on something other
than a Mac. Apple-style partition-table support (CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION) is a
useful kernel feature to have, too.
To create a ProDOS partition with mac-fdisk, use the C (create with type
also specified) command, and when asked for the partition type, use
Apple_PRODOS. Since there are no tools on Linux to format ProDOS partitions
(yet), you'll still need an Apple II (or an Apple II emulator) to format the
new partition.