Subject: Re: Disk Formatter for Quantum!?
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
From: Armen Babikyan <synapse@lethargy.mit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/30/1997 22:56:27
> > I've finally got my quantum LP520S HD working with my Mac Classic II thanks to a
> > macos utility called Spot On, which installs a experimental driver for it. The
> > problem is that Apple HD Set-Up doesn't recognize the driver and therefore, my
> > new scsi drive, and I can't make any partitions on the disk. Where can I
> > download an other HD partitioner from the net or how can I make HD Setup
> > recognize my new quantum?
> 
> The last time I used Spot On, I thought it was able to partition drives. If
> so, why are you trying to use HD Setup? Just make MacOS partitions, and use
> Mkfs to turn them into the needed NetBSD partitions.

you can do that? just make hfs partitions ahave Mkfs turn them into NetBSD
partitions? last time i tried this (accidently), Mkfs crashed. is there a
new version of Mkfs that lets you do this?

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