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| Click here to select a new forum. | | scsi2sd help request | Posted by: mpfjr on 2020-02-02 22:19:51
Main PC is Windows 10 64
Computer to operate Macintosh SE 4MB and SCSI2SD 5.1 with 2GB SD card
What I have installed currently:
Basilisk II, HFVExplorer, rufus 3.8, scsi2sd-util, uud32.exe, ciderpress403, ddrelease64.
What I am trying to do:
I want to partition the 4GB SD card into two 1.8GB partitions. I can do this with the scsi2sd-util sorta by making two systems on the card set for ID 0 and 1 or maybe it is 1 and 2. I can't remember.
I want to install System 7.1 (no higher due to resources) and then install some games and utilities to it notably stuffit 5.5 which will help me install other things. I can do this with Basilisk without too much trouble.
What I have tried: I have an image file with 7.1 and stuffit that I can launch with Basilisk II. It is in .DSK format. It is a 1.8 GB image but using all the software I mentioned I can't figure out how to put it on the SD card partition 1.
What I can not figure out how to do:
I can not figure out how to burn that 1.8GB .DSK image to the first partition on the SD card using Windows so I can then put the SD card into the SCSI2SD and boot it up.
If I try Balena Etcher it says it is not a format it understands
If I try DD I can not get it to work as it just echos whatever I type. Even then I don't know how to use that software.
Can someone please teach me how to put an image I make with Basilisk II onto the boot partition of the SD card? I tried following a blog by Stephen but the part where he says to use DD and first type dd --list all it does is echos that right back. Doesn't actually show devices.
Can you tell me what windows program can even read the card? when I insert it into PC it just asks me to format it. Kinda like making raspberry Pi images only in that case Etcher works great.
I keep reading that I should use DD but like I said, I can't get it to work. At this point I am almost wondering if it would be better to buy a cheap mac computer that I can get on the internet with and just use that to make, read, write images because I think the tools for mac are easier to come by and have more online instructions for.
But I can't be the only person doing this and someone must have worked it all out in the past.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
| Posted by: Realitystorm on 2020-02-03 18:15:03
DD needs to be in the same folder as the image file. The Balena error is expected. It's telling you that the image contains a format modern systems can't read.
I'll update my blog to mention the Balena error and the DD requirement
| Posted by: mpfjr on 2020-02-03 22:07:48
DD needs to be in the same folder as the image file. The Balena error is expected. It's telling you that the image contains a format modern systems can't read.
I'll update my blog to mention the Balena error and the DD requirement Thank you. I also PM'd you on facebook because a few files you referenced no longer exist.
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