At 16:09 -0400 on 08/11/02, Jason White wrote: >That's what I was afraid of. I know I read this somewhere once (a thread >here or on the FAQ) but can you still get 800k floppies anywhere? Or,
You read it in the FAQ, where it still is ;) >even better, is there a way to convert an 800k image to a 1.4m image shy Copying it doesn't always work because it'll destroy the specific information contained in the boot blocks on the disk. That's why I use disk *images* instead of just copying the disks in the first place. Most Apple stuff on disk images is OK with copying, but it won't work for a lot of multi-disk installers because the information containing the name of the disk (not just what it's called in the Finder) is lost when you copy (as opposed to making a disk image). For stuff like that, I generally collect the images together and burn them to CD-R, after which I just mount them when I need to use them. The last time I actually *used* a real floppy disk was quite a while back. -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> Software Archive <ftp://download:jmug@;ftp.jmug.org//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/> <http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/> _________________________________________________________________ -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:compact.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:compact.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:compact.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
