Re: XGS/32 2MG hard drive image

["Stephen Watkins" <swatkins@nospam.clear.net.nz>]

Follow the links to the 2IMG archives and you'll see one called "create".

It not only includes GS/OS but also heaps of other utilities and programs.

WELL worth the download!

Stephen.

"Jeff Blakeney" <CUTjblakeney@sentex.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:28:06 -0600, vector <abuse@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >I didn't see an answer to this in the FAQs or Google groups: how do I set
> >up XGS/32 with a 2MG hard drive image containing GS/OS 6.0.1?  Is there
an
> >image somewhere readily available for download (seems reasonable, given
the
> >status of GS/OS), or is there some utility I need?  Please don't direct
me
> >to a Macintosh or a physical IIgs hard drive - I have neither.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by the status of GS/OS but it is still
> classified as Apple System Software as far as I know.  This means that
> you still need to have a licence to legally distribute GS/OS.
>
> However, to set up a hard drive image of GS/OS on your emulator, you
> can create a blank hard drive 2IMG file using one of a number of
> utilities then mount it and the GS/OS install disks (which you might
> need to convert from SDK files into 2IMG files), and then run the
> installer from the GS/OS Install disk just like you would on a real
> Apple IIgs.
>
> --
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