on 4/23/01 Marc Sira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied:
>> You need to match System/OS to correct versions of HD formatters--or
>> you will end up with these messed up results. (That's a complicated
>> topic but can be covered if you specify your parameters).
>
> Not exactly - what you can do is simply run the latest available
> version of the formatting tool in question, to get the latest driver
> it installs (the Drive Setup app that ships with whatever the latest
> Mac OS update is, for instance). There have only been a few cases
> where a driver issue was discovered and a particular version of Drive
> Setup (or a third party driver) was recommended for a particular Mac
> OS. It's not a matching game, but an "at least this version or
> higher" requirement. Just use the latest and you'll be ok.
>
Marc, correct, very well put and much better stated than my meaning. I was
recalling my own travails with 7.5.2 in referring to Greg's reference of
installing System 7.5. My memory is fuzzy now but Apple's moves from 7.5
through 7.5.2 to 7.5.3 and my lost weeks of interminable messing with 7.5.2,
Apple's Disk Setup, FWB/HDT and Silver Lining (dumping the latter two along
with my $6500 PB5300)--gave me by far my worst Apple experience and since
made me very cautious on installing drivers and formatting drives, or even
jumping on first generation anything.
Sidney Ho
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