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Article #6Re: Partition software needed
From: Adam Frey
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 00:00
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In <mcnamara-0310961121500001@goliath.apana.org.au> mcnamara@ion.apana.org.au (Sean McNamara) writes: >In article <52r1d0$el@eden.apana.org.au>, adam@eden.apana.org.au (Adam >Frey) wrote: >> I need a piece of software to allow me to partition an IBM brand SCSI disk >> I just put into a Mac Quadra 605. >> >> I believe I need something like "FWB's HardDisk ToolKit" but I would prefer >> a freeware or shareware alternative, something I can get off the net. >I'm not sure of any freeware or shareware partitioners offhand, but, if >you can find the patch for Apple HD SC Setup which allows it to recognise >non-Apple HDs, you could then use it to partition the drive. The latest >version (7.3.5) can easily do multiple partitions (from the Partition >dialog, then press Custom button). Earlier versions would prolly work with >the patch and the Setup Partitions program (available in the disk >directory of an info-mac archive near you). Turns out that the patches for Apple HD SC Setup are for the US version only or so I was told. Simple solution was to buy the $20 version of FWB's product which worked a treat. Adam
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 135ea6,55bf095ebfe8808e X-Google-Attributes: gid135ea6,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5e3,55bf095ebfe8808e X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5e3,public From: adam@eden.apana.org.au (Adam Frey) Subject: Re: Partition software needed Date: 1996/10/04 Message-ID: <530lsi$4vm@eden.apana.org.au> X-Deja-AN: 186953031 references: <52r1d0$el@eden.apana.org.au> <mcnamara-0310961121500001@goliath.apana.org.au> organization: Australian Public Access Network Association newsgroups: apana.mac,aus.computers.mac