Re: AE PCT Hard Drive Corrupted

["Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>]

"Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com> wrote in message
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> "Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message
> 3f114980_1@news.iprimus.com.au">news:3f114980_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
> > I can get files onto the GS HDD via Appletalk, but not sure how I would
> get
> > them into the MSDOS partition (ie ProDOS file acting as the MSDOS HDD)
>
> That's what you use MUG! for.

ahhh, got it. well I will get it after I download it :)

> > I guess my main problem is in how to create the MSDOS partition on the
GS
> > ProDOS HDD, then which files I need to transfer to the GS from the 5.25"
> > MSDOS disks I have, since my TransDrives are useless now.
>
> Hmm, it's sort of a Catch-22 for you as I *think* you need to create the
> MSDOS partition (or at least format it) from the PC side, but you have
> nothing to boot the PC side with!

yes, this is the dilema now. it used to work before I cooked the PCT
(accidently). I never actually got to making a MSDOS partition on my HD
because I didn't have any docs with my card. At least not until Wayne
Stewart came to the rescue with his .pdf's, but by that time it was too
late.

> Maybe somebody with a PCT could create a small partition for you, copy on
> the required files to boot into MSDOS and format the partition (if
> necessary), then shrink it and email it to you. It wouldn't have to be
very
> big, just a few hundred Kb before compression.

this idea had occured to me, but if it was created small that would
basically limit it to that size ?, or can it be made bigger later on ?
I was still curious as to whether I could create the partition myself and
copy the MSDOS files across to create a bootable partition. say I want to
make MSDOS 3.3, 4.0 or MSDOS 5.0, or whatever I happen to have on system
floppys.

thanks for the help.

Mark