Creating ProDos Bootdisk for Apple IIGS

I just recently got a iigs and am trying to remember how to create a prodos boot disk. I have a prodos bootdisk ver prodos 16 1.3 . It boots fine up into gui interface fine. But what I am trying to do is just create a prodos bootdisk that will boot to just basic or the command line. I can launch sysutil.system and format a blank prodos disk but it does not copy any of the files to boot the disk. I found on the web that I need to copy prodos.sys and basic.system onto the newly formatted floppy in order for it to boot, but after doing that and rebooting to that disk i get an error that says no system directory found? Am I doing something wrong?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 6, 2008 2:44 PM

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May 8, 2008 8:48 AM in response to imandcindy

imandcindy,

We use "CopyIIPlus" to make our ProDos disks. You boot from the CopyIIPlus floppy and then find the files you want on the other disk. It copies the files into RAM, then it will prompt you to insert the target disk. That software gives command line instructions and allows for selective copies.

Finding a user group in your area might be the easiest approach.

Jim

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