[Duo2400] Re: How do I make a Disk Tools floppy?

Art Rice artrice66 at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 23 04:26:31 PST 2003


Hi Jutso-
Thanks so much for the link to the image! Also thanks
for explaining HFS+. One of these days I may upgrade
to 8.1 (if I get a faster modem or get a CD-ROM
drive).

Art

--- Bill Judson <jutso at ripco.com> wrote:
> > I was also looking for the disk tools floppy disk
> image for a 2400
> > that had a newer finder on it so i could access
> HFS+ volumes
> > I think it was a 8.1 NOT 7.X image that was
> needed.
> >
> > I think there was one posted a while back.
> > thanks - bon
> 
>
<http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Soft\
>
ware_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Mac_OS_8.1_Up\
> date/Disk_Tools_PPC.img.bin>
> 
> (You may have to remove the "\"s & reconnect the
> lines into 1 big 1 before
> it works as a clickable URL.)
> 
> > Thanks for the information. I'll have to look
> through
> > the archives if I don't hear from anyone else.
> Will
> > the 8.1 Disk Tools floppy work OK when my Duo has
> the
> > 7.5.3 system on it?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Also, what is an HFS+ volume? I'm new to Mac's!
> >
> > Art
> 
> HFS+ is the Mac's equivalent to a FAT32 volume --
> less waste of space,
> without unnecessary blocks devoted to files.
> 
> OS 8.1 is necessary to create or access an HFS+
> volume, though.
> 
> --
> Over,
> 
>         Jutso
> 
> 	http://pages.ripco.net/~jutso/
> 


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