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Article #1704Re: so how do you format a floppy for the MAC? (SOLVED)
From: Gregory B. Lampshire
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 13:55
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 13:55
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In article <1992Oct1.172421.28650@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> slfields@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Scott Landon Fields) writes: > gbol@rglnext.geol.vt.edu (Gregory B. Lampshire) writes: > >It seems that BuildDOS is gone from NS3.0. So how does one explicitly > >build a DOS or MAC floppy? > > Well, in the workspace manager you activate the Disk menu (I think) and > pick Initialize or Format disk. Sorry, but I don't remember off the top of > my head but it is in the menu. Indeed, as several people pointed out, Initialize is in the menu. It is only highlighted when you select the floppy itself which was my problem. Without the highlighted selection I simply didn't see the entry. I always fired up BuildDOS when I needed to format a floppy before and never really looked at any other menu option under Disk. I dropped the ball on this one... :-) -gregory
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!vtserf!rglnext.geol.vt.edu From: gbol@rglnext.geol.vt.edu (Gregory B. Lampshire) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: so how do you format a floppy for the MAC? (SOLVED) Message-ID: <7649@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> Date: 2 Oct 92 13:55:44 GMT References: <1992Oct1.172421.28650@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> Sender: usenet@vtserf.cc.vt.edu Reply-To: gbol@rglnext.geol.vt.edu Lines: 20