Bob, If I could get my hands on that application I'd really appreciate it. I have a Fujitsu hard drive in my IIci and I'd like to have the ability to format/initialize it.
Thanks, Dan On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Bob C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Lonnie, > > You probably already know this now, but if your new SCSI hard drive doesn't > have a little Apple sticker on it, it doesn't have the proper ROM chip on > it > so that Apple's HD SC program can see it. So, you need a 3rd-party > formatting & initializing program instead. > > I use a vintage program from OnTrack called "Disk Manager Mac" on all my > non-Apple drives. If you want a copy, just let me know. I actually have > it > in an PC-executable that will allow you to directly make a Mac disk on your > PC. > > Bob > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lrbarrios" <[email protected]> > To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:22 AM > Subject: Installing 7.5.3 on LC 520 > > > > > > About three years ago, I resurrected a Quadra 650. I replaced the > > defective hard drive and then put an operating system (7.5.3) on it > > using only my PC (it was my first Mac). I had created a boot disk > > using RAWRITE and burned a CD with System 7.5.3 and 7.5.5 plus several > > other necessities (OpenTransport, etc.). Following the instructions > > on Pickle's Low End Mac FAQ and Tyler Sable's 7.5.5 Zone, it was > > relatively painless. > > > > Recently, I received an LC 520 with a dead hard drive. I received a > > replacement 50-pin SCSI drive (325MB) from a generous person on the > > LEM Swap List. He went through the trouble of testing the drive and > > then installing, an OS on it. I don't recall which version OS. I > > have the 'Install Me First CD' for the LC which contains System 7.1. > > I went through the install process for that CD, just to play around > > with it. Eventually, I would like to get 7.5.3 installed on the drive > > there to start with (from the CD I had created for the 'Project > > Quadra') and then go to 7.5.5. I can't find that darn boot floppy > > that I had originally made, so I recreated the boot disk using Apple's > > 7.5 Network Access Disk disk image. I can boot the 520 with the NAD > > disk. I can replace the System Folder on the hard drive with the > > System Folder of the NAD disk. I can boot the hard drive using the > > same System that the NAD had. There are a few problems though. > > > > When I insert the 'Install Me First CD' or my homemade 'System 7 > > Stuff' CD, neither will show on the Desktop. I know the CDs are > > good. I can actually boot to the 'Install Me First CD'. Question #1: > > Without using a paper clip (apparently there is a shortage of them in > > my house), how can I eject the CD? Question #2: How do I get the CDs > > to mount on the Desktop? Is there a CD driver missing from the NAD? If > > so, there is only 10K of free disk space to put one on there. > > > > The second problem that I have is that when I run Apple HD SC, it says > > there are no suitable SCSI drives found on the bus (or something like > > that). That's strange, I thought I just booted from the hard drive. > > Drive Setup doesn't seem to help either. Question #3: How can I > > initialize this drive (I forget the make and model, but I know it's > > not an Apple branded drive)? > > > > The crazy thing is that I did all of this before with only a PC. Now > > I have the assistance of the Quadra 650 (with is not Internet attached > > at this moment). I download the files on my PC. Unstuff the .bin. > > Copy the .sea to a floppy. Carry it to the Quadra. Have the Quadra > > tell me that it's a PC file. Copy the file to the Quadra's hard > > drive. Open the .sea. Eject the floppy. Insert a Mac formatted > > floppy. Copy the extract files to the Mac floppy. Eject that > > floppy. Carry it to the LC 520 (on the other side of the house). > > Yes, I could probably cut out a few steps if I just connected the > > Quadra to the ethernet... maybe I will. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions for how to format this drive and get > > 7.5.3 on it? Thanks. > > > > Lonnie. > > > > > -- Daniel Nelson http://www.rabid-duck.net irc: irc.rabid-duck.net / #rabid-duck --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
