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- From: oscar@contrast.wlink.nl (Oscar Vermeulen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: please help me install my maxtor 7213S HD in my IIcx
- Message-ID: <727563497.AA01157@contrast.wlink.nl>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 20:28:40
- Sender: postmaster@contrast.wlink.nl
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- Hi Karl,
-
- charles sinnett wrote in a message to (crosspost 2) All:
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- KV> Here's the problem. HD SC setup and the Mac's system don't know how to
- KV> do a low-level format and install apple boot blocks on a drive. These
- KV> operations are done by fdisk (PC) and format (Unix), but not with HD SC
- KV> setup (how kind of Apple to cop out on this one). To make a long story
- KV> short, you need a third party utility like StorWare or SilverLining to
- KV> do this low-level stuff and install the boot blocks.
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- cs> If you are having problems with this drive, try calling
- cs> Maxtor. If I recall correctly, they make 2 different rom
- cs> sets for their drives, one that works for macs and another
- cs> that works for PCs. If you don't have the correct roms, the
- cs> drive shouldn't work.
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- Otherwise, get hold of a copy of SilverLining or the equivalent utility from
- Hammer. They'll let you format the Maxtor. Why does Apple do these things to
- us?
-
-
- Groeten,
-
- Oscar
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