How do I get an ordinary file (eg Disk Copy disk image) onto RaSCSI?

[fooglegonch]

I've got a working RaSCSI attached to an SE/30, but I'm not clear how to transfer files that aren't .hda/.hds etc files onto it and mount them to be accessed by SE/30.
Can anyone explain?!

eg To get the RaSCSI DaynaPort SCSI link functionality set up, the instructions here: https://github.com/akuker/RASCSI/wiki/Dayna-Port-SCSI-Link
say "Download and install Network Software Installer 1.5.1" and that link goes to a page where the 1.5.1 version is only available as a .sit file, which contains a "Disk Copy 4.2 image". The problem isn't specific to this file (so I'm not looking to be pointed to another way of getting Network Software Installer 1.5.1!) but it's just an example.

I can download that .sit file my OS X machine and it uncompresses to an .image file, which I assume is the Disk Copy disk image file.
So, what's the best/easiest way of getting that .image file onto the RaSCSI so that I can install it on the SE/30?
There doesn't seem to be anyway of uploading files that aren't .hda/.hds etc directly to the RaSCSI.
I'm sure I must be missing something obvious!

 

[davewongillies]

I downloaded the file RaSCSI-BootstrapV3.hda.zip from https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/rascsi-68kmla-edition. Its a disk image which you can attach to the RaSCSI, and it has the dayna drivers in there along with other useful files for your Mac.

 

[fooglegonch]

I downloaded the file RaSCSI-BootstrapV3.hda.zip from https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/rascsi-68kmla-edition. Its a disk image which you can attach to the RaSCSI, and it has the dayna drivers in there along with other useful files for your Mac.

Yes, but what's the best/easiest way of transferring a file that isn't an .hda/.hds file, from a modern OS X computer onto the RaSCSI (or onto the Classic Mac without being specific to RaSCSI) when there is no network connection between the 2 computers?

 

[mdeverhart]

When the Classic Mac is booted (from the RaSCSI or other drive), your options are pretty much limited to what the Mac can naturally do, so floppies, LocalTalk network, Ethernet (if you get the Dyna drivers installed, or have another Ethernet card), or other removable media.

I don’t believe the RaSCSI has the ability to mount the disk images to transfer individual files. What I’ve done in the past with my BlueSCSI (which also uses HDA files) is to mount the HDA files in the Basilisk II emulator on my modern computer and use its shared disk capability to transfer the files into the emulator and then onto the HDA image. Once it’s done, you can shutdown the emulator and copy the HDA image to the RaSCSI/BlueSCSI. It takes a a bit of fiddling, but it has worked for me.

 

[SuperSVGA]

Yes, but what's the best/easiest way of transferring a file that isn't an .hda/.hds file, from a modern OS X computer onto the RaSCSI (or onto the Classic Mac without being specific to RaSCSI) when there is no network connection between the 2 computers?

I usually just use Mini vMac. Boot up Mini vMac, attach the hard disk image, and then use ImportFL to bring the file where you want it.
Or you can do like mdeverhart suggested and use Basilisk II.

 

[fooglegonch]

Thanks for the answers.

I found another way to do it, that may not be so obvious in the RaSCSI docs/web UI. Use the afp server functionality of RaSCSI (with a pi zero w based RaSCSI with wifi) documented here: https://github.com/akuker/RASCSI/wiki/AFP-File-Sharing (plus having previously installed the DaynaPort SCSI/Link Ethernet on the RaSCSI).

I installed the afp server on the RaSCSI using one of the options in the RaSCSI easyinstall.sh script. Some of the edits to the system files described in the 'manual installation' on the wiki page were done by the script, but others I had to do by hand.

I then connected to the RaSCSI afp server from my computer running OS X 10.14 (a bit older version of OS X, so not sure if it works in more later versions), by Finder->Go->Connect to Server and typing in the IP address of the RaSCSI like "afp://<IP Address>", logging on as "Guest".

I then connected to the RaSCSI afp server from the Mac SE/30, by:
Control Panel->Appletalk and selecting Alternate Ethernet
Chooser->Appleshare and selecting RaSCSI-PI
Logon as "Guest"
(Neither of the Appletalk or Appleshare settings were maintained after reboot for some reason on my SE/30)

Then both computers have access to files on the afp server. Files can be downloaded via the OS X machine directly onto the afp server, and the SE/30 can access the files directly, and the SE/30 can write to the afp server. Seems to work great!

 

[davewongillies]

Yes, but what's the best/easiest way of transferring a file that isn't an .hda/.hds file, from a modern OS X computer onto the RaSCSI (or onto the Classic Mac without being specific to RaSCSI) when there is no network connection between the 2 computers?

In the web UI of the RaSCSI, there's an option to grab a file from a URL, then convert that into an ISO, that then can be mounted as a CD-ROM on the Classic Mac. Or the other option as you mentioned, the AFP server built into the RaSCSI

 

[avadondragon]

So I have the full desktop environment running on the pi of my RaSCSI and I VNC into it. Then I surf the web and download whatever I want straight onto the pi and transfer the files onto the disk image with Basilisk II (also running on the pi). From Basilisk I have access to tools that won't necessecarilly run on the host 68000 mac. I can decompress the files/mount the floppy images in Basilisk and copy just what I need onto the disk image I'm running on the physical Mac. It's incredibly fast and convenient.

Best part is there is absolutely no configuration needed on the Mac itself. No networking or getting patched CD ROM drivers working. Just poof the files I need appear on the drive.