Re: Big ol' HFS partition

["John E. Becker, Jr" <onlinejb@ySPAMJAMahoo.com>]

Jalapeno wrote:
> 
> If you are discussing the ///SHH Systeme MicroDrive I have a manual
> dated 1996. It says that older versions of the IDE card won't make
> partitions greater than 32MB but this version does. It also has a 3/4
> page lecture on why you shouldn't use HFS partitions with an Apple IIgs
> (not the least of which is that there are no recovery programs which can
> repair a damaged HFS directory structure on the Apple II).
> 
> I think you should boot the utility program and try to make a disk
> partition larger than 32MB (type an E to enter the partition editor).
> 
> You will get a !! next to the partition if you are successful (the !!
> being a warning from ///SHH Systeme that you can make partitions as
> large as your hard disk will allow but don't send them any complaints if
> something goes wrong with the data on your hard disk). If the utility
> won't let you make big partitions then your card can't use them anyway.

Since I added another IDE drive, I now have 14 ProDOS volumes, and that
gets confusing.  The risks be darned, it's time for HFS.  :)

I have Firmware v1.23 and Utilities v0.96.  Isn't that the
big-partition-supporting version?  Is there a special key or command
that tells the partition editor to exceed the 32MB limit?  (somehow I
think the online help <?> isn't telling me everything...)

-- 
John E. Becker, Jr.

Apple IIgs ROM1.0
1.25MB RAM
Compaq Deskpro case
MicroDrive Card
Two 210MB IDE drives
MusicQuest MIDI Strip