thanks guys for all the informative help!
j "The challenge of creative music has never been more important than in periods of profound unrest and realignment." -Anthony Braxton > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:01:01 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: reformatting hard drive on wallstreet > > > tortoise wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 10, 1:42 pm, saxman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> hello listers > >> my cousin gave me a wallstreet and it has both os 9 and os 9.2..i'd > >> like to reformat the hard drive > >> being that i don't have the original install disks, (w/ disk utility) > >> wondering if there was any other way to go about it > >> thanks > >> > >> jay > > > > The way I did mine which I just got last month was I have a scsi card > > in my G4 tower, that boots into OS9, I put the Wallstreet into SCSI > > target mode. You need a cable for that but you might want one anyway. > > The best ones have a switch so it can be use as a regular cable as > > well, maybe cost more though. > > > > I also have an ide desktop to laptop adapter on which I have put an > > old drive I took out, to archive the files elsewhere. > > (the laptop drive goes inside the tower just like a full size drive). > > I like that solution better than the usb adapter, its faster for the > > not-usb2 machine and good for when you upgrade drive in such as > > wallstreet w/out a usb adapter. > > Be careful using SCSI Disk Mode on a Wallstreet. There is a problem > with data corruption on drives above a certain size. I don't remember > the particulars but you should be able to find it at Apple's support page. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > > _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
