--- Darren wrote
I have a pc question. How do I get a 4.3gb drive to
functuion under win 95? Do I just partition it or am I better off
installing 98.
If you have original 95 (or 95a with the service pack) you're limited to 2gig partitions with FAT16.
I'd say thats whats installed.
Windows 95 OSR2 (OEM Service Release 2) also known as 95b, 95B or 95c depending on the version of Internet Explorer included, has the ability to use FAT32.
Any Windows 95 CD-ROM with a 1996 or 1997 copyright date is OSR2. Any Windows 95 CD-ROM with a 1995 copyright date is the original or 95a version.
This is what I have.
The bit I dont get is if I can update from 95a to 95b. Update rather than nuke and pave as I can't replace his installed programs.
Can I boot from the 95b cd, make the partition, copy the contents from the old drive and then update the 95a to 95b by running setup so when booted from the hdd win 95 will boot on a > 2gb partition?
FAT32 is roughly equivalent to HFS+. The underlying structure is so close that a FAT32 formatted volume only needs Erased to convert to HFS+ on MacOS 9.1 and up. (I've not tested to see if 8.1 to 8.6 can support FAT32.)
I've found that may work to get some SCSI drives going on a Mac. First FDISK and format as FAT32 on a PC then connect to the Mac with PC Exchange (File Exchange for 8.5 and up) installed and set to load drivers for PC volumes. If the FAT32 drive will mount you should be able to just use the Erase menu item to make it HFS+. Also should work for going from FAT16 to HFS standard. When it works it's an easy "backdoor" to using drives Apple's formatter won't touch.
A different approach. :) nuking the drive and a hacked apple partition utility usaully works for me but I've done far less of these, thanks.
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