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Re: Creating IIGS Disks



In article <hyBJe.164829$HI.106366@edtnps84>, Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet> wrote:
> Ziggy wrote:
>> Ok, so i cant find my system disks for my IIGS.
>> 
>> Got a copy from apple's ftp site. Installed OS9 on my G3 powerbook since
>> jaguar no longer  has 'disk copy'.
>> 
>> Have an *external* usb superdisk.. Wrote the floppies, no errors.. But it
>> doesnt boot the IIGS.... 
>> 
>> Did i try something that cant work, or anyone got any other advice?
>> 
>> Rather frustrating.
>
> The IIgs uses 800k disks. None of the USB superdisks I've seen will
> write 800k disks.

Not only that... writes them in a different format (GCR) that no modern
drive will support.

Suggest the original poster consider file transfer as a possible way of
getting the images onto the IIGS, or dig for a really old Mac. :-)

-Dan