Thanks Tom. You hit the bullseye. I had formatted the IBM in the
standard format.
When I looked at my OK Mac G3, it was formatted in the extended format.
I was all mixed up (the hazards of silicon addiction) and sleepy. I'll try that
(more sleep, extended format and more silicon-ahh ooh.
Thanks a lot.
Eric
I wrote
snip
> > I think I formatted in the extended format vs. standard format for
> > the partitions and usually select standard format.
Tom wrote
>snip
>You probably did the exact opposite - {Right, that's what I saw when
>I was more awake! Eric}
>snip
>As disks became larger and cheaper, Apple realized this, and introduced
>HFS+ or extended format. This format allows a much smaller allocation
>block size (and many more files), which saves large amounts of disk
>space on larger volumes.
>
>Solution: reinitialize partitions as extended format (BACKUP ALL DATA
>FIRST) or repartition into several smaller standard format volumes
>(BACKUP ALL DATA FIRST).
>
>Tom
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