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- From: cbsled@ncia.net
- To: <x4u@lists.themacintoshguy.com> (Mac OS X for Users)
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:37:15 -0400
- Subject: Re: [X4U] Partition Madness-Lessons
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- Research on Rick's list:
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- Apple Drive Setup (successor to Apple HD SC Setup)
- Nukes whole drive, will not work on individual partitions
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- FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit
- 'OEM' version, retail version may vary.
- Will resize HFS without data loss, but not create or format.
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- DiskTool by Tim Endres (GPLed)
- Found mentions of it on Debian site, but couldn't find the software.
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- pdisk (from mkLinux, GPLed)
- partitions, will not format HFS, but will make partitions that Mac OS
- install can see. Linux program.
- perldisk version is on LinuxPPC install CD.
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- Silverlining from LaCie
- Nothing on their web site says what it does. Parts of description, version
- number and price are suspiciously identical to APS PowerTools.
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- DataWare
- Unable to locate, name too common for effective search.
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- APS PowerTools
- <http://www.apstech.com/prod/item.cfm?cat=1&item=869>
- claims: "...you can test, format, initialize and partition any Mac block
- storage device..." CD $49.95
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- MacPeak Spot On
- Turned into RapidTrak
- <http://www.macpeak.com/rt.html>
- $39.95 online. Web pages seriously messed up.
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- Seagate (formerly OnTrack) Disk Manager Mac
- <http://www.seagate.com:80/support/kb/disc/install_mac.html>
- (FAQ) "We suggest you contact Apple Computer for a list of companies that
- supply information on drive preparation software compatible with your
- version of the Mac OS system."
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- Charismac Engineering's Anubis
- <http://www.charismac.com/Products/Anubis/anubisrelease.htm>
- claims: "Anubis allows users to easily format, partition and install
- high-performance device drivers to a variety of storage devices through
- an intuitive user interface."
- $129.95 downlodable or CD.
- It would be a lot cheaper to buy RapidTrak, then pay Charismac for their
- $19.95 competitive upgrade.
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- No one specifically stated that their software would work on only one
- partition at a time. That would require testing.
-
- I found a curious note in something I read during this search which stated
- that all an HFS format did was install a driver, it didn't write anything
- to the "formatted" partition, like a filesystem for example. Hmmm.
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