Tim Haynes wrote:
I recently bought a superdrive controller for my IIgs. I modified a drive to take the Superdrive mechanism from a Mac IIsi (knew that thing would begood for something someday... ;)
I just did the same thing, only with my prize IIci. Now I need a drive mechanism for it! <G>
and updated my GSOS 6.0.1 with the Apple 3.5 Disk installer so that it could format 1.44 meg disks. So far, so good!
I didn't have to use the Installer disk with 6.0.1 to format 1.44MB disks. From the docs, that disk was aimed more for System 5.0.x. . .
Works fine with 1.44 meg PRODOS disks. I then installed the MSDOS FST and rebooted. I checked the FSTs folder and the MSDOS one is there. But when I put in a formatted MSDOS disk, nothing happens. The disk light comes on momentarily, but no disk shows up on the desktop and no message is displayed.
First, use Special|GetInfo on MSDOS.FST to make sure it's not marked Inactive. Second, revert to GS/OS 6.0.1's original Apple 3.5 Drive driver file, if the first thing doesn't work.
At least that's my humble advice, as the native 6.0.1 driver works fine for me. Though remember that the GS won't format FAT (MS-DOS) disks. Just HFS and ProDOS 1.44MB volumes... (But Basilisk II, a Mac emulator, can read ProDOS/HFS floppies on the PC. I use that as my intermediary in a transfer from IIgs to PC.)
...Josef
Am I doing something wrong...? Thanks Tim