Re: Getting a disk image to a IIgs

["Polymorph" <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Mar 11, 9:14 am, "William Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com>
wrote:
> "Tristan Mumford" <xtristan.xmumf...@xgmail.xcom> wrote in messagenews:45f3254f$0$60330$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net...
> : Greg Buchner wrote:
>
> :
> : > In article <45f20ec0$0$60346$c30e3...@lon-reader.news.telstra.net>,
> : >  Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumf...@xgmail.xcom> wrote:
> : >
> : >> Tristan Mumford wrote:
> : >>
> : >> > Tristan Mumford wrote:
> : >>
> : >> > I just tried it out. The html with the ftp dir reckons they are disk
> : >> > copy format. Disk copy on my mac won't recognise them.
> : >>
> : >> Sorry about the self reply.
> : >> I got ADTPro working, and copied across a 2mg version of System 4. It
> : >> just booted. Happy day!
> : >
> : > Good, because I didn't have GS System 4 sitting around, only 3.2, 5.0.2,
> : > 5.0.4, 6.0 and 6.0.1...
> : >
> : > Anything else you might be interested in?
> :
> : ...Interested yes. But I need more RAM for some. Do you have any suggestions
> : for anythin useful or fun? I really want to give the IIgs a good test
> : drive.
> :
> : I thought I'd give some games a try. I've tried
> : putting a few from
> :http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/the_fairway/
> : on to disk. None have worked for me so far. Each
> : one fails to boot for a different reason. I suspect
> : the floppies I'm using. The floppies format and
> : verify correctly in prodos though.
> : I've tried one game on a few disks so far to try
> : to narrow down the problem. "Bubble Ghost".
> : I'm going to try some other single disk games to
> : try to pin what's happening.
> : Nothing has changed between when I wrote the GS/OS
> : disks and the game disks.
>
> FYI: 2MG images have a header. They aren't straight
> disk images. This header must be removed before they
> are copied to disk.
>
> Also, Shrinkit images need to be opened and then
> file copied to a fresh disk image or blank disk.
>
> William Garber
> Email Address - willy4...@garberstreet.com
> Alt. Email - willy4...@comcast.net
> Web address -http://www.garberstreet.com

Bill,

If Tristan is using ADTPro, then transferring 2mg files is fine as
ADTPro automatically removes the header.

cheers,
-p