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Post #5 by Snial
Source Forum68kMLA
CategorySoftware
Post DateTue, 12 Jan 2010 - 12:53
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/any-possible-way-to-mount-fat32-volumes-under-os-9.19558/
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Hi MacJunky,

Here's a possibility, you need:

1. A G3 or later Mac with SCSI, i'll call this the host Mac.

2. A SCSI to PowerBook 1400 connector.

3. A version of Mac OS X which will install on the host Mac (e.g. 10.2 or 10.3 with xpostfacto).

Install Mac OS X on the host Mac. Turn off the PB 1400. Connect the SCSI between the Host Mac and PB 1400. Turn on the PB 1400 and put it in target disk mode (which appeared with the early SCSI PowerBooks, before firewire). Boot the Host Mac. The PB 1400's disk should mount I would think, since to the host Mac it just looks like a FAT32 disk over SCSI and the PB 1400 doesn't need to know anything about the drive's format.

-cheers from Snial @P