My Reply follows quote. On 23/09/2005 17:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >The Disk has two holes, do I need a disk with one? > >On 9/23/05, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My Reply follows quote. On 23/09/2005 17:44 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> >> >The email was wrong. When I initialize my Disk on the Mac Plus, then >> >I insert it in my INTERNAL drive on my Power Mac 6400 with Mac OS 8 It >> >will not read it. By the way, my Mac Plus is running Finder 4.1 >> > >> >On 9/23/05, Stuart Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I don't know about you, but the email was. ;-) >> >> >> >> Stuart >> ------- >> If you are using disks that are actually 800k (ones with only >> ONE hole) the drive in the Plus must be out of alignment or >> something. The 6400 should be able to read a properly formatted >> 800k disk. >> >> Ken --------- Disks with two holes are HD disks (intended for 1.4meg drives) so the 6400 sees them as bad disks. In an emergency (others may cringe at this abuse of drives and possible loss of data but...) I have taped over the second hole with electrical tape and formatted them in 800k drives, put data on them and moved the data to 1.4meg drives.
These newer disks use a different kind of medium that may not be proberly magnetized by older drives. Use at your own risk! Ken -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
