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From: tgoose@eng.umd.edu (Jason Garms)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Seeking opinions on 45MB removables
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.191449.28012@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 91 19:14:49 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.150734.6227@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, deh7g@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (David E. Husk) writes:
>
> 	 In fact how do people format Sysquest's.  I.E. If I use a
> IBM Sysquest + disks that were used on the IBM how do I reformat them.
> Or for that matter do I need to reformat them?
> 
> 			Husk@virginia.edu
Yes you definatly need to format them.  You can use LaCie's SilverLining
to do this.  Just hook the Syquest up to the Mac (at an unused SCSI ID),
boot it up, run SilverLining and the rest of it works the same way as formating
any SCSI hard disk.

If you install SilverLinings init (for removable media), the mac will
automatically mount a Syquest disk if it's inserted after startup (as long as
it is formatted!)

Additionally, if you want to remove the Syquest while the machine is turned on
the drag the disk to the trash, and when it unmounts, push the button on the
front of the Syquest.  When the disk spins down, just take it out. (Unmounting
the Syquest doesn't require the Silverlining init.  Nor does mountning it.  The
init is only for AUTOmounting the Syquest if it is inserted after bootup.)

Hope this is helpful,
Jason Garms
tgoose@eng.umd.edu