Copy to Floppy?

I am not a Solaris person... so bare with me.
I need to backup several text files onto 3.5" floppy disks. I am logging in as root. I have tried copying the in the CDE to /floppy, but when I remove the MS-DOS formatted disk, and put it in one of my Windows machines, the disk is empty. The /floppy folder shows the files I copied.
What am I missing here? Can someone provide some insight?

Since you are really new to solaris, use the removable media manager in CDE to mount the floppy, then copy the files to the floppy. Reading it in windows is a whole separate issue. You might want to do some research on the topic. (short laugh)

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Trying to make a copy of an emergency startup floppy ( Disk Tools 2 ) using apple's disk copy. However, forgot how disk copy works and the "help" file within the application is useless although I never understood how apple's disk copy did work in those days long past. Could you please give me a couple or more free lessons on how apple's disk copy makes a copy of a floppy so that the copy would be able to boot a Mac.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA47846

How do you copy a MYOB file on a floppy disc when data is too large?

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Hello, highdef11. Welcome to the forums!
Many, many, many commercial (and probably a few freeware) products exist to do this.
There's a Stuffit product (I forget the name) that can create "segmented archives." I think DiskDoubler can do this too. Norton Utilities has a program which allows you to create an backup archive that spreads across several floppy disks.
However, you may be able to to this with just DropStuff (It comes in the "Internet Utilities" folder on OS 9 Macs) and a text editor.
Open DropStuff. In its preferences, tell it to encode the archives it creates with BinHex. Now tell DropStuff to archive the files you want to archive. It will create a file with a name ending in .hqx
Open this file with a text editor. It will look like a bunch of random text, with a note at the top that says the file needs to be decoded with BinHex.
Divide the file into sections and save them onto floppies. Be sure to note the order in which the sections go!
Then, when you want to take it off the floppies, use a text editor to piece the sections together again. Expand the file with Stuffit Expander, and you're finished!

Importing Images on Floppy Drive to iPhoto

I am new to this G4 and have alot of old images on floppy disks that I want to import into iPhoto. I have the floppy drive pluged into a hup that is plugged into the G4
How do I proceed with importing into iphoto and putting these images into folders?????

Bic Ford:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. I suggest you copy each floppy disk of files to a folder on the desktop and then import that folder into iPhoto. If each floppy of photos can be identified for future identification change the name of the folder to a brief description of the contents. When you import that folder it will create a roll with the same title as the folder. Then delete the folder when the import is completed.
Do the same for each floppy you have.
Do you Twango?

Converting floppy's (multi) to CD

Not sure if this is the right Forum for this one....
I have many old programs that come on multiply floppy's (original 1.4, 800K or 400K) that I to want to convert to CD's to load the program/s again (if required) without having to insert each individual floppy in sequence.
ie.. Word 5 and 6.1 (13 floppy's), Excel 5 (13 floppy's), PhotoShop 2.5 (I think 8 floppy's) QuickKey's 3 (4 floppy's) etc, etc.
I have tried a couple of different methods but they did not work.
Any suggestions would be appreciated - thanks.

Hi, since85 -
Apple's mulit-part downloads were originally floppy-sized pieces. They usually work if you put them all in one folder, then initiate the mounting of a disk image by double-clicking the first one.
In the past I have used multiple-floppy installers the same way - copied each floppy to the hard drive, where it becomes a folder named the same as the floppy. Put all those into a parent folder. If the contents of each floppy/folder is but a single file, them putting those loose in the parent folder usually works.
What should always work - use Apple's Disk Copy utility to make a disk image of each floppy. Burn those disk image files to the CD (if you're doing several, grouping each software's installer images in its own folder is a good idea).
When you want to run install the software, insert the CD and manually mount all of the disk images for that installer. To Finder (and the installer) these should then appear to be pre-mounted floppies.
Note - there is a limit to the number of mounted volumes. In OS 9, I believe the limit is 21. Each mounted disk image counts as a volume, so if the software is on a large number of floppies, hence needs a large number of disk images, there could be a conflict.

Mac OS 7 floppy disks

Does anyone know where I can find original OS 7 floppy install disks? My old Powerbook 190 keeps saying that "The startup disk will not work with this Macintosh model, please update the drivers with an install disc.". I've had this computer running at one point but then it locked up one day, and gives me that message since. I'm very Mac/Linux savvy and i've tried most of the standard startup key combinations but i can't get it to let me choose a startup disc.
So, I guess I'm asking two things: 1) Where can I find original Mac OS 7 install floppies? 2) Does anyone know anything else I can try?

Hi,
A plain System 7 is not going to be enough in this case. The PowerBook 190 was delivered with System 7.5.2, including a special enabler. The original install floppies do not appear to be available for download (only a PowerBook 5300 System Software Update here for "British PowerBook 5300 and 190 Series Products").
However, you can use System 7.5.3 (US version here) instead.
Since the nineteen System 7.5.3 files (once decoded) are intended to be placed in a common folder on the hard disk, where they together constitute one large disk image, a separate startup floppy file would have to be downloaded. Disk Tools PPC (here) works with the PowerBook 190. Use the Make a Floppy command in the Utilities menu of Disk Copy 6.3.3 (on a Macintosh computer with a built-in 1.44 MB floppy drive) to create a sector-copied startup floppy from the NDIF disk image (the Disk Copy program is not used with the nineteen 7.5.3 files).
A CompactFlash memory card in a PC Card adapter for CF (similar to this example) can be very useful for file transfers (and, if reformatted to Mac and containing an appropriate system folder, even for startup purposes).
Jan

No support for floppy disks under Snow Leopard?

I suddenly am not able to use my floppy drive anymore. Granted, I seldom ever use it, but I wanted to just back up some small files, and inserted a disk into my external floppy drive, and I'm no longer allowed to write to a floppy disk. I have the little slider button in the unlocked position, and I was always able to write to a floppy with my old OS, Tiger. Now I have a new iMac computer with the most update version of Snow Leopard, and I cannot write to a floppy disk anymore. Does anyone else still have one of these, to tell me what is going on with it? Did Apple just discontinue support at all for floppy disks? I can still insert the disk and read what is on it, and even copy it to my desktop, but I cannot write to the disk. I've tried several different ones, and they all tell me the same thing. Under Info and Permissions, it says that I am only able to read the disk, and it won't let me change it at all. I guess if this is not possible anymore, I can just toss this device, but it pains me, because I'd still like to be able to use it. Thanks for any information you can provide.
Kristy

Hi Kristy
It sounds as though you have solved your problem but I have found a way to fully access floppy disks formatted as Mac OS Standard. This may not work for all though because I have access to a Windows 7 PC.
On my mid-2011 iMac running OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) I was trying to download and copy onto floppy disks (for an old Macintosh) some software downloaded from the internet.
I found, as you did, that I could read such disks via a USB floppy disk drive, but that I could not write to them.
Thanks to your post I realised that it was simply because such formats have only limited support in more recent versions of OS X.
There is software called MacDisk for Windows. I just ran it in Windows 7 running as my Bootcamp partition accessed via VMWare Fusion. The software is free to test (with some limitations).
I just successfully copied a file via it to a disk and then was able to read it on my iMac.
Hope this helps you, or anyone else looking to do such strange things.

Drivers for IDE floppy drive?

Hello!
I have an old 400mhz Sawtooth G4, booting into both 10.4.9 and 9.2.2. I also have some disks I need to access - 3.5" floppy disks! (Phew!) We had a Iomega (Imation?) USB "Superdisk" drive, but when I tried it, I found that the enclosure didn't work - the power plug was damaged.
So, I figured "Well, it's a IDE drive on the inside, so why not put it into the G4's empty ZIP slot? I was able to buy an adapter that converts from the standard 4-pin power cables that are inside the G4 to the kind on the floppy, and was able to get the drive plugged in as a slave drive to the DVD drive. Under OS X, it comes up and reads just fine! Under OS 9, it won't work. It just sits there, reading and reading, waiting for the OS to ask for it... I need to be able to read some of these disks under OS 9, so although OS X supports the drive, it won't work.
So, is it possible to find floppy drives for IDE drives, compatible with OS 9.2.2? I know that the old Beige G3 Mac has a floppy drive, and will run OS 9, so I figure that there has to be a driver somewhere; not to mention that OS 10.4 has a built in driver. All I need is 1.4 MB support, not the "Superdisk's" fancy proprietary 120MB disk support.
-Dan
PS: If I can get OS 9 to read the disks, how can I make a duplicate copy? Or more specifically, a "virtual" copy - a disk image - which I can use as backup? I've used OS X for this purpose before (on CDs), but 9 won't read X's images.

Hi, Dan -
You may need to download and install the latest driver for OS 9 for that drive. You can get that here -
Imation - USBSuperDisk Driver 3.3a
Note - that's a direct download link, about 370MB.
If I can get OS 9 to read the disks, how can I make a duplicate copy? Or more specifically, a "virtual" copy - a disk image - which I can use as backup? I've used OS X for this purpose before (on CDs), but 9 won't read X's images.
For a simple backup, you can just copy the floppy to the hard drive - it will appear there as a folder.
If you need an actual disk image, you can use the Disk Copy utility which is included with all standard OS 9 installs to make a disk image of the floppy.

Floppy drive support in OSX. Any new solutions lately?

Hello,
I read that floppy drive support does not exist in OSX. Is this still the case today? Has anyone released any successful third party OSX floppy drivers lately that are known to work well?
My beige G3 has an internal floppy drive and in OSX the floppy drive is not recognized. This is simply the nature of OSX - there is no floppy drive support in any version of OSX - as far as I am aware.
I am writing this post to ask anyone if there are any new solutions to this issue. I see that there are some third party drivers but they seem to have negative reviews and cause more problems that it is worth.
(I might have to just use my external USB floppy drive that is attached to my other computer. However, it would be nice if I could use my built-in floppy drive on my beige)
Thanks.
PS
For anyone interested, here is one work around solution that I found for using the floppy drive. Its not as convenient, however, it is a solution: Restart the computer, insert an OS9 install CD and hold down the "C" key to boot up from the OS9 CD. The computer will now be in OS9 and the floppy will work. Copy your floppy files direct to the hard drive (i.e. don't use the desktop).

Without reliable OS X floppy drivers, you would have to resort to rebooting into OS 8 or 9 to use the floppy drive.
I wonder if anyone has considered mounting a USB floppy drive in that space. Some PCI cards have internal FW ports, but if you had an internal USB port, then possibly you could do some kind of custom installation, removing the stock floppy drive.
I think I would be more interested in putting a digital camera memory card reader in that floppy drive bay, or even a front panel USB port for use with a keychain USB drive. Anyone know of a way to put a USB port on the inside of your Desktop case?
Currently I use an external USB extension cord, maybe I could knock out the unused modem jack cover plate and snake the cable into there...maybe that's too much trouble.
G3 Desktop, SonnetEncoreZIF G4 1GHz, 768MB, WingsAV-6MB, DVR-106D, 60GB Maxtor Mac OS X (10.4.6) PCI: TempoUltraATA66-120GB Maxtor, 120GB Seagate; TangoUSB/FW; ATIRadeon-17" LCD

Possible fix for HP Printers under Snow Leopard

1. Install GPL Ghostscript from gplgs-8.64so-ub.dmg
2. Install Foomatic-RIP.pkg from foomatic-rip-4.0.2.211.dmg
3. Install hpijs.pkg from hpijs-3.9.2-ub.dmg
4. Add printer in System Preferences. Choose "HP Deskjet 4200 Foomatic/hpijs" from driver list.
Above files can be found at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/hpijs
I had the same problems with an HP Deskjet D4260 printer under 10.6 as many did here with various HP printers. The above worked quite well for me. The list of supported printers is quite large, and is on the above linked site with the downloads. I read that the order matters, inasmuch as you want to do Ghostscript and Foomatic first, before the hpijs.pkg. At any rate, that is how I did it, and it worked quite well.
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Hi Kristy
It sounds as though you have solved your problem but I have found a way to fully access floppy disks formatted as Mac OS Standard. This may not work for all though because I have access to a Windows 7 PC.
On my mid-2011 iMac running OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) I was trying to download and copy onto floppy disks (for an old Macintosh) some software downloaded from the internet.
I found, as you did, that I could read such disks via a USB floppy disk drive, but that I could not write to them.
Thanks to your post I realised that it was simply because such formats have only limited support in more recent versions of OS X.
There is software called MacDisk for Windows. I just ran it in Windows 7 running as my Bootcamp partition accessed via VMWare Fusion. The software is free to test (with some limitations).
I just successfully copied a file via it to a disk and then was able to read it on my iMac.
Hope this helps you, or anyone else looking to do such strange things.

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Installing Windows XP on SATA Hard Drive

Hey. I have a maxtor 80gb SATA hard drive that I put in my new computer, and I want to install Windows XP on it. I see that the computer recognizes that it's there, but when I do the F6 process to get the drivers for Windows I cannot get anything for some reason. I hit F6, and it gets to the point where it asks me to install a disk with drivers, and I put the floppy for the VIA drivers in the drive (I'm using VIA after all I've read), and nothing happens. I don't even hear the floppy doing anything. after a few seconds of "please wait" the same screen comes up telling me to put the floppy containing the drivers in. Does anyone know what the problem could be? Also, in bios, it seems to recognize my floppy drive, since it lists it, and I can use it as a boot drive. If someone could help me out, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

Hi
What is meant is the floppy is controlled from 2 parts of bios.
1. go to advanced bios features, set floppy seek to enable, set boot sequence to floppy, CD, HDD(BB1 = SATA), enable other devices. Then go to integrated peripherals, make sure PATA IDE and SATA IDE are enabled, just below is floppy controller, enable that, then SAVE and exit,
If the floppy cable was inverted, the drive light would be on all the time, if it flickers oon and off, it is OK.
Now try the F6 routine, if it still does not work then a new copy of floppy may be needed.
Cheers
jocko

Trying to update OBP getting unrecognized magic number in media label

Two questions both relating to my trying to update my OBP:
1. when I typebanner I get ... AXi (UltraSPARC-IIi), PS/2 keyboard
OpenBoot 3.10.12 SME...
but when I type .version I get OBP 3.10.12
My question is which OBP update to use, AXi OBP 3.10.13 or OBP 3.10.31?
2. When I try to install either I always get the same thing
I copied the .Floppy file to a floppy
then type boot floppy nolabel just like the readme and I get this:
Unrecognized magic number in media label
Can't open disk label package
Can't open boot deviceI have also tried coping the program file to a cd and tyring boot cdrom nolabel but same results
Any ideas?
Thanks

Hello,
because the DTK boards don't support faster CPUs than 333MHz, this is a Sun board.
I was unable to locate the SPARCengine Ultra AXi OEM Service Manual, the file was finally removed. This is an alternate link
http://www.zmicro.com/download/sun-axi.pdf
The Solaris 10 media kits are only available with DVD media, but you can download the CD images. The Solaris documentation is available online
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris.10?l=en
I would strongly recommend that you give Solaris 10 a try !
You might try Aurora Linux. The Ultrax AXi is among the supported systems. Linux for SPARC capabilities are behind the x86/x64 versions.
This is the link to the project page
http://auroralinux.org/
Aurora SPARC Linux Wiki
http://wiki.auroralinux.net/wiki/
Michael

Installing Solaris 7 with laptop as the console..

hi,
i am trying to install Solaris 7 on E250 which didn't come
shipped with monitor/keyboard/mouse. i made use of a serial
port connector and could hyperterminal in..but it doesn't
recognize the keyboard..says it can't open an input device..
so..i am stuck with the installation..
any thoughts on this?
thanks,
vinny.

We are seeing the same problem with trying to install Solaris 7 on a system with a Adaptec 2940 scsi card. We also know that the hardware is working because it was tested with Win98.
The system boots from the install disk but doesn't see the CD-ROM to load the operating system.
We found a patch 107858-01 but can't get it to copy to floppy after downloading on another older Solaris box.
The instructions say do a
<pre>
dd if=107858-01 of=/dev/rdiskette0 bs=360k
</pre>
but it always comes up with device busy.
We are Solaris newbies so if the answer to this problem is obvious please let us know and forgive the idiocy!
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How well will OSX Tiger fair in a large 5,000 plus computer network?

Perhaps this fall I will be attending a seminary at a large christian university with 5,000 plus students. The university were I earned my BA only had about 1,000 total students, probably 700-800 of which lives on campus. So this will be a HUGE change for me.
The reason I ask is because when I was attending there I used Dave with my Performa 6360. Dave worked well as people could access me and I could easily access their shares. Some students dropped viruses on my open shared folders, but it was okay as they would not execute on my Mac. But would once copied via floppy to a PC.
Dave worked well in this 700-800 person student network.
I have to wonder if Tiger would work or crash in a 5,000 plus student network. But I have some questions.
1) Its obvious that I may need Dave for such a network as Tiger cannot easily access other shares. It appears that I need to know the ip address or WorkGroup to connect to other PC's in Tiger, and I cannot easily browse like I can with Dave. Is this accurate? My experience of Dave on my Performa was more than excellent.
2) Has Tiger killed AppleTalk? I'm sure in a 5,000 student network there will be plenty of students using older macs with a pre OS 9.x os. I'd like to be able to connect to them if they have open shares and them to me. At my last school my first year in 2002 there were about 10 students who had open appletalk shares. I was able to connect to them, and launch their apps. Can Tiger do the same?
3) My Windows laptop was able to connect to my Mac but my Windows CE palmtop was not when I had Dave Installed. Since using OSX both PC and Palmtop can connect to my Mac. Will Installing Dave cause Windows CE some havoc?
Yes i called Thursby and they did not know. But he assured me that if my Windows CE device could connect to Tiger it shoud connect with Dave installed. But I told him that it was unable to on my Performa, while my PC was. He said the issue was apples operating system.
Thanks,
John
Slight edit by an Apple Discussions Host

1) In Tiger you can browse the network using the Finder, in my experinence all workgroups appear, both Apple and Windows, and you can browse to a specific computer from there. You do not need to know specific IP addresses and WorkGroups, you can browse at your leisure.
2) My Tiger macs still talk to my PowerBook 5300 with OS 8 and vice-versa so I can only assume that AppleTalk is still active in Tiger.
3) Not sure.
I use my PowerBook G4 on a Windows based network of over 1000 computers on a regular basis. Not quite up to your scale, but it is not sluggish for me and works fine.
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