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scsi2sd help request

mpfjr

Member
Main PC is Windows 10 64

Computer to operate Macintosh SE 4MB and SCSI2SD 5.1 with 2GB SD card

What I have installed currently:

Basilisk II, HFVExplorer, rufus 3.8, scsi2sd-util, uud32.exe, ciderpress403, ddrelease64.

What I am trying to do:

I want to partition the 4GB SD card into two 1.8GB partitions.  I can do this with the scsi2sd-util sorta by making two systems on the card set for ID 0 and 1 or maybe it is 1 and 2.  I can't remember.

I want to install System 7.1 (no higher due to resources) and then install some games and utilities to it notably stuffit 5.5 which will help me install other things.  I can do this with Basilisk without too much trouble.

What I have tried: I have an image file with 7.1 and stuffit that I can launch with Basilisk II.  It is in .DSK format.  It is a 1.8 GB image but using all the software I mentioned I can't figure out how to put it on the SD card partition 1.

What I can not figure out how to do:

I can not figure out how to burn that 1.8GB .DSK image to the first partition on the SD card using Windows so I can then put the SD card into the SCSI2SD and boot it up.

If I try Balena Etcher it says it is not a format it understands

If I try DD I can not get it to work as it just echos whatever I type.  Even then I don't know how to use that software.

Can someone please teach me how to put an image I make with Basilisk II onto the boot partition of the SD card?  I tried following a blog by Stephen but the part where he says to use DD and first type dd --list  all it does is echos that right back. Doesn't actually show devices.

Can you tell me what windows program can even read the card?  when I insert it into PC it just asks me to format it.  Kinda like making raspberry Pi images only in that case Etcher works great.

I keep reading that I should use DD but like I said, I can't get it to work.  At this point I am almost wondering if it would be better to buy a cheap mac computer that I can get on the internet with and just use that to make, read, write images because I think the tools for mac are easier to come by and have more online instructions for.

But I can't be the only person doing this and someone must have worked it all out in the past.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

Realitystorm

Well-known member
DD needs to be in the same folder as the image file.  The Balena error is expected.  It's telling you that the image contains a format modern systems can't read.

I'll update my blog to mention the Balena error and the DD requirement

 
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mpfjr

Member
DD needs to be in the same folder as the image file.  The Balena error is expected.  It's telling you that the image contains a format modern systems can't read.

I'll update my blog to mention the Balena error and the DD requirement
Thank you. I also PM'd you on facebook because a few files you referenced no longer exist.

 
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