Re: Cannot write to 5.25" disks from 6.0.1 Finder

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@orcon.net.nz>]

In <1108798775.642850.164690@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> SloppyMagoo 
wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> OK, this makes sense to a point.  But I cannot format ANY 5.25"
> floppies and I cannot create a ProDOS disk image (.sdk) using GSHK.
> 
> In particular I am trying to extract Modem MGR Prodos version disk
> images so I can install and use it with my null modem cable (I am 
> tired of using Agate).
>
> GSHK sees the disk image but won't write.  Says the disk is write
> protected.  I remember way back in the day being able to write to
> ProDOS disks using GS/OS.

You should be able to. There was a problem with GS-ShrinkIt where it 
could only read or write 5.25" disk archives if they were in ProDOS 
format. Non-ProDOS disk archives were fine on 3.5" disks. Apparently it 
was a bug in the OS, but I don't know if it was ever fixed. The 
workaround was to use the 8-bit version of ShrinkIt for non-ProDOS 5.25" 
disk archives.

This still isn't your problem though since you're dealing with a ProDOS 
disk archive. The first thing I'd try would be to boot from a floppy 
disk. The System 6 'System Disk' has the driver for the 5.25" disk drive 
on it. If that works you know it's software related.


> Clearly I am doing something wrong.
> 
> As an alternate route to get from my PC to GS: I have an AEHD high
> density 3.5" drive.  I also have the MSDOS.FST file installed.
> However, I cannot read MS-DOS disks with it.  Any chance of making 
> this happen?

Do you have the Apple SuperDrive controller card installed? If you're 
running a 1.4MB drive from the built-in disk drive port it can only be 
used as an 800KB drive.

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Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
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