Re: Where would this be appropriate?

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

Jonathan Herr wrote:
> "Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@orcon.net.nz> wrote in message
> 20050724173820474+1200@News.Individual.NET">news:20050724173820474+1200@News.Individual.NET...
>
> > In <PAEEe.585$8g.478@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> Jonathan Herr wrote:
> >
> > > I have a Macintosh LC II and I can get the images for MacOS 7 off of
> > > apple's site... but how would I install it on a machine (without
> > > putting it onto disks)  I only have a MacOS 9 machine to format disks,
> > > and the LC machine doesn't seem to really like it when I format the
> > > disk under MacOS 9.
> >
> > What exactly happens when you try to use a disk formatted on the newer
> > Mac? I assume you have other disks which do work OK? Have you tried
> > cleaning the disk heads with a floppy drive cleaner?
>
>
> Sorry I wasn't clear on that point... The disk I was referring to was a
> HardDisk and when format the disk (to wipe it) or if I try to install MacOS
> 7 on the disk from within OS9, it tells me when i reboot with the newly
> installed OS (MacOS 7) that the disk "Won't work on this mac" because it's
> not formatted properly or something like that.

ISTR that the Mac installs a disk driver on the disk when it partitions
it.  It's easy to believe that the driver installed by OS9 is not usable
by OS7.

-michael

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