Alternative to disk copy?

[jameswd]

I have an old mac running system 6.0.8 I am currently trying to use disk copy 4.3 to write a disk image of system 6.0.3

When i try and load the image in disk copy it is unable to due to lack of memory, is there alternative to disk copy that can write images by loading in bits at a time rather than the whole image at once. I scoured the net but unable to find anything old enough to run on system 6 that can write a disk image with limited memory.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[porter]

Basically the options are (a) a real disk ( B) networking.

Use a Mac running system 7 or above with either more real memory or virtual memory turned on, mount the disk and create a real floppy.

If you can't do that, use the Basilisk II emulator on a PC to do the same thing but you would not be able to write an 800Mb disk, but you could copy the files and then use file sharing to let the other mac see them if you have the appropriate networking.

 

[luddite]

You might try DiskDup+ or DiskDupPro... I don't know if it will solve that particular problem, but it's worth a shot.

 

[jameswd]

You might try DiskDup+ or DiskDupPro... I don't know if it will solve that particular problem, but it's worth a shot.

Managed to get DiskDup, will try ASAP

thanks

 

[equill]

DART is a useful alternative when RAM is limited. Look here for some pointers.

de

 

[jameswd]

Diskdup worked a treat if a little quirky so thanks for that recommendation.

Couldn't find Dart anywhere even on the link above. Anyone know where I could get this?

cheers

:b&w:

 

[equant]

Odd. According to that tidbits link it looks like DART was in infomac, but I can't find it in any of the remaining infomac archives.

 

[equill]

ftp://ftp.support.apple.com/pub/apple_sw_updates/US/mac/utils/DART_1.5.3.hqx

If that continues to be inaccessible, this may be the cause.

de