Re: Converting a ProDOS image to 2IMG?

[Dan Foster <usenet@evilphb.org>]

In article <apple22-89326B.08101718062004@apollo-ge0.rdc-kc.rr.com>, Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com> wrote:
> In article <slrncd5p3b.ke6.usenet@gaia.roc2.gblx.net>,
>  Dan Foster <usenet@evilphb.org> wrote:
>
>> So I created a 32 MB ProDOS image file with 'to_pro -32000', installed
>> System 6.0.1 on it... no problem. But it isn't bootable; I presume
>> that's because it isn't a 2IMG disk image file.
>
> Before you installed System 6.0.1 did you format the disk from GS/OS so 
> that it would have the ProDOS boot blocks on it?  Or does the program 
> you used to create the image do that?

Whoops! That was it -- thanks; that was a big life saver :)

(Fortunately, reinstalling GS/OS is no big deal on an emulator on a fast
PC -- the emulated speed was about 155 MHz onto an HD image file so
System 6.0.1 install only took a few seconds.)

-Dan