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    Snial reacted to ClassicGuyPhilly's status with Wow Wow.
    Feeling the Cray-1 super power! From the System Source Museum in MD
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    Snial reacted to MacSweden's status with Like Like.
    Just bought a Performa 475 :-)
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    OK, no worries! The DumbDD thread is the best route then and there's an alpha-quality app for it!
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    and (@jjuran ) does MacRelix have dd built-in? Would it be able to copy a raw .iso file to a SCSI device (e.g. the equivalent of dd...
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    Except it'd be {0x39, 0x38} =14,648. So, 65535 => (65535-14648)/10000+9.8=14.8.8b9. Whoops, I had managed to make two mistakes! Now you...
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    Hmmm. This has just set me thinking. My original Performa 400 came with 7.1p. Are we saying it was actually 7.1.2p, but About This...
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    Snial replied to the thread DumbDD.
    Aaah, OK. I'd looked at the web page talking about this and then forgot about it. So, perhaps that solves one problem: it results in a...
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    Snial replied to the thread DumbDD.
    Correct! That's the idea. The whole installation is on 3 CDs. So, the first .iso would contain the normal .iso partition table and the...
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    Snial replied to the thread DumbDD.
    Hi @Phipli ! The whole idea is that they're raw images without an APT (I don't need the Mac to mount it after). In my case, an install...
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    Snial replied to the thread DumbDD.
    So, if I created a blank .img without a partition map I should be able to mount it on Dingus PPC; then run @saybur 's scuzImager to...
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    Snial replied to the thread DumbDD.
    I guess there are PC ROM BIOSes (or EFI, or UEFI) to do that. On the Mac side we had direct ROM support for the Sony FD, then SCSI (but...
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    Snial replied to the thread DumbDD.
    Perfect, well done! I did wonder if someone would beat me to it, but I thought .oO( I might as well fish for a level of interest...
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    Or it could be the roller. The rubber gets worn and can slip on the inner metal rod too. You can use dd in Linux or on a Mac to copy a...
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    I had similar problems a while back here's my technique for force ejecting CDs...
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    Snial posted the thread DumbDD in Hacks & Development.
    Hi folks, I've tried to ask about this a couple of times, with little response except for a suggestion to try FWB. However, in another...
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