>Hello jr,
>I've used a third party drive setup software because Apple's Drive Setup
>would not do an extended set up, 4k, only 68k.
>
>jrclark wrote:
>>
>> RosaKiana Rossi9/11/01 2:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED][wrote]
>>
>> > I have an 8500/180/208 RAM/OS 8.6/FireWireDirect FireWire/USB PCI Card.
>> > Last month, in August, my 4.5 Narrow HD died [or so I thought ... still
>> > not so sure] then I bought an Ultra 9.1 GB Seagate Barracuda. I used
>> > FWB HDT PE to set this drive up in MacOS Extended.
>>
>> I wish i knew more so that i could express my thoughts better.
>> Thought: I don't understand why some people use a third party
>> disk formating tool on a Apple/Macintosh computer.
>> So far it's Apple Drive Setup for me.
You can use Drive Setup to format the drive and then use Finder to erase it
to HFS+. I have to qualify this, I haven't tested it with a 68040 machine
that I can recall but I believe this is correct.
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