Partitioning Tool For Mac
1b3' [yay - we're back on topic] This utility will convert a Mac HFS drive to HFS - So theoretically speaking, you should now be able to format your drive as HFS using the 'Apple HD SC Setup v7.. Cluster size increases by 512 bytes for every 32 megabytes of partition size Suppose that you have a file that is 2460 characters (bytes) long, and your cluster size is 1024 bytes. HERE
It gives a host of options to the user, including, create, format, resize, move, split, merge, copy, wipe, check and explore.. Please don't prove me wrong One [big] caveat - this old formatter will not know about HFS so if this drive is large you may need to have a zillion partitions to keep file sizes sane If the drive you're wanting to format is the start-up drive of the G3 then you'll need to place the formatter onto a boot disk or floppy [if the G3 has a floppy drive] and run the formatter from that. https://kumu.io/linsnappdaca/como-crear-usb-de-arranque-para-mac-en-px
3 5 (Patched) link] I haven't come across a 'not supported' SCSI drive this cannot format - to date.. It is more forgiving than it's previous versions and can also create Unix partitions as well.. 1b3' I tested MacSlack beta in a G3 MacOS 8 6 today on a spare 10Gb drive which I'd partitioned and formatted as HFS - MacSlack did the conversion to HFS easily and very fast.. Failing that working; Go to At the top of the page are a bunch of 3rd party Mac Disk formatters.. 3 5 (Patched)' using as few or many partitions as desired and converting these to HFS with 'MacSlack 1. Click
Mike Dee: unfortunately not It just shows the disk as 'not supported' Does that mean that the G3 can't use this brand new disk at all? If so, how can I find out what drives it supports? And where can I obtain such a disk nowadays?I can't replace the Mac because it is installed in a laboratory equipment that can't work with newer systems Could it be possible that if I partition and format the disk with another Mac with a newer OS, that my old G3 can work with it? I never experienced such problems before, neither on Windows nor Linux systems.. However, the author of the above link also has a freeware program named MacSlack - the beta version may be of interest to you and you can DL from here: 'MacSlack 1.. Best Free Partition Software in 2018 1 EaseUS Partition Master EaseUS is one of the very best partition software in the market today.. Click to expand See if you can locate a copy of MacOS 9 x install CD and borrow the 'Drive Setup' utility from that. 6e4e936fe3 Click
However, below this list are links to 'Apple HD SC Setup v7 3 5' This was the Mac SCSI formatter utility before 'Drive Setup' was around.. Many of the links are dead Out of the bunch, 'Silver Lining Lite 2 0' still downloads and may be worth investigating.. This still runs under MacOS 8 6x Get the patched version [Apple HD SC Setup v7.. MacSlack's author stresses that this is beta software and the worst can happen - I didn't experience anything bad, nor had any issues with it. HERE
