Gregg, thanks for helping out. Before I read your post (maybe I gotta get off the digest since it seems to only come once a day in the morning), I stumbled across a few things. The first is a Win32 tool called "MacDisk" that is a free download with a 5-day evail. It formats disks and de-hqx's and does transparent (through Windows Explorer) filesystem translation. Then I dug around and found a web page [1] with links to many low-level disk tools that put the silly Apple stamp on the drive so the MacTV would recognize it. The most useful one I found was Lido [2] and along with a RedEdit'd version of the Apple HDSC tool, I was able to cut the 4gb drive into a bootable 2gb partition with plenty of space "for everything else" left over.
>From there I was able to boot my OS 7.5.3 CD, install onto the HD, run the 7.5.5 update, and I'm back in action. Kinda. Now I can't find the TV tuner INIT/control panel! I think what I need is in the Apple area [3], so I'll dig. Thanks for those Basilisk links, that is great stuff! [1] http://home.earthlink.net/%7Egamba2/hd.html [2] http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/lido7.html [3] http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Eng lish-North_American/Macintosh/System/Other_System/TV_Setup_1.0.2.sea.bin (trying to be verbose in case this message is ever web-crawled, hopefully it will benefit someone else in the future) ---orig From: Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: MacTV Disk Formatting Revisited Get the TransMac demo from www.asy.com The demo allows you to work with files up to 1.4 meg. When you copy the .hqx file to a Mac 1.4M floppy, it'll decode it. If the .hqx contains an uncompressed Disk Copy image, look for a program called RAWRITE. You want the PC version, not the Linux version. Decoding a .bin or .hqx Macintosh file on a PC isn't a good thing to do, unless the file is a Stuffit archive or an uncompressed disk image you can use some PC utility to write to a Mac readable disk. Decoding them on a PC will lose the Resource Fork, which for 99.99% of Mac files will guarrantee that the file won't work. Stuffit archives only use the Resource fork to hold the Stuffit icon and some data that's not at all required. Stuffit 5 will even add a resource fork and icon to archives without them. (But of course you have to get your Mac working again!) Almost everything Apple has to download is here. http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/ I have the original System Software for the MacTV if you want it. I can e-mail you the disk images. Given the maximum of 8 megs RAM and the special video hardware, I'd stick with the original System on it. Another option, one I've found very useful in times when I need to work on a Mac and there's no other Mac handy, is the Basilisk II emulator. The Windows port here; http://www.saunalahti.fi/~lpesonen/BasiliskII/ Works with Windows 95 through XP though it's best in NT/2K. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
