OK..... found the command in the finder.... erased it to Mac OS
Standard.  Found the command in Disk Copy.  Selected my file.  It said
please insert a High Density floppy.  I put it in, it seems to be
being to start then it says "The Disk Floppy did not complete (-17)"


On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:04:08 +0100, Ryan Schmidt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 20.03.2005, at 17:43, Jeffrey Bergier wrote:
> 
> > I did try it in OS9 with less success as OS9's Disk stuff couldn't
> > initialize the floppy, nor is there a program that copies a disk image
> > straight to the floppy.
> 
> What do you mean, OS9's disk stuff can't initialize the floppy? If you  
> put the floppy in the drive, I would expect, if it's unformatted, that  
> the Finder would ask you if you want to initialize it. Or, if it's  
> already formatted, then it should show up on the desktop, and you can  
> select it, and then select Erase Disk from the Special menu to reformat  
> it. At least, that's how an Apple built-in floppy drive would work;  
> again, no idea how it might differ for a USB floppy drive, but if it  
> does differ, the USB floppy drive's manual should make that clear.
> 
> The program that copies a disk image straight to the floppy is called  
> Disk Copy 6.3.3 and you can download it here, if you don't already have  
> it:
> 
> http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/ 
> Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Utilities/ 
> Disk_Copy/Disk_Copy_6.3.3.smi.bin
> 
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