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From: borton@net1.ucsd.edu (Chris Borton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Writing your own installer for home built SCSI disks
Message-ID: <4256@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 20:22:11 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  4 20:22:11 1987
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Keywords: scsi adaptec problems

In article <181@artsvax.UUCP> mike@artsvax.UUCP (Michael Czeiszperger) writes:
>As for the driver that needs to be written on the disk, I've read the
>developer info, and it seems to indicate that the driver is kept in
>a resource with a non-standard name, to be decided by the vendor.  If
>this is the case, why can't I just copy the driver using ResEdit into
>my program?

The driver also needs to be on the first two blocks of the hard disk, which
are inaccessible by normal programs (even Fedit).

There is a very nice shareware ($10 or donate blood) SCSI formatter and 
installer available already, done by Ephraim.  SCSI idiosyncracies are handled 
through resources.  Nicely done.  Should be available through a user group.

-cbb
Chris "Johann" Borton, UC San Diego	...!sdcsvax!borton
					borton@ucsd.edu
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