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Using a Zip 100 drive with a compact Mac
Since the Zip still mounts in the Plus, but doesn't boot, I was able to back-up its contents to a hard disk and then reformat it.
If I use Lido 7.56 to format and initialize the Zip, then copy a system folder to it, I get a flashing question mark when I try to boot from it. Which is exactly the same behavior I'm getting from two other external hard drives on this computer (see my other thread about drives that the Plus can mount, but not boot). So that's weird.
If I boot from a disk containing the Iomega 4.2 driver, then use the Finder's "Erase Disk" command to erase the Zip, then copy a system folder to it, then I can boot from the Zip. So I'm back in business there.
FWIW, I can't use the hacked Disk Utility, since it requires system 7 and I'm running system 6.
I was unable to find a working copy of FWB Harddisk Toolkit. The one I got from Macintosh Garden contains two programs- one seems to be some kind of utility for locking/unlocking files and volumes, and the other tells me I need a PPC Mac to run it.
If I use Lido 7.56 to format and initialize the Zip, then copy a system folder to it, I get a flashing question mark when I try to boot from it. Which is exactly the same behavior I'm getting from two other external hard drives on this computer (see my other thread about drives that the Plus can mount, but not boot). So that's weird.
If I boot from a disk containing the Iomega 4.2 driver, then use the Finder's "Erase Disk" command to erase the Zip, then copy a system folder to it, then I can boot from the Zip. So I'm back in business there.
FWIW, I can't use the hacked Disk Utility, since it requires system 7 and I'm running system 6.
I was unable to find a working copy of FWB Harddisk Toolkit. The one I got from Macintosh Garden contains two programs- one seems to be some kind of utility for locking/unlocking files and volumes, and the other tells me I need a PPC Mac to run it.