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Installing .hdv image onto IIgs with SCSI card + HD?

Installing .hdv image onto IIgs with SCSI card + HD? Software 2 posts Jun 12, 2011 — Jun 12, 2011

#1 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 - 13:35

Hi,

I've never really used a IIGS, but would love to get a SCSI hard disk going on mine (using a RAMFast card), connected to an external HD, loaded with games and apps. I'm able to install System 6 onto the unit, and have sourced several 32MB .hdv image files (loaded with applications) - would anyone have some clues on how to restore these images to the 32MB partitions on my external SCSI HD? I'm assuming I can plug this HD into ... perhaps a 68K Mac with PC Exchange/ProDOS support?

Thanks

JB

#2 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 - 22:38

I'm able to install System 6 onto the unit, and have sourced several 32MB .hdv image files (loaded with applications) - would anyone have some clues on how to restore these images to the 32MB partitions on my external SCSI HD?

Let me preface my response with this: they say that when your only tool is a hammer, every problem is a nail.

The way I'd solve this is with ADTPro. A .hdv image is really just a straight ProDOS-order image (i.e. .po) and as such ADTPro would be able to send that and write it on top of your hard drive in place. If you could figure out how to attach it to a 68k Mac and have it write that image to it, that would likely be much, much faster. But I'm not sure how that would really work. The ADTPro solution, while slower, would let you leave the drive in place.