Booting Lisa 2 from ProFile – Checking for LisaOS Partition?

[plb007]

Hi everyone,

I’ve got a Lisa 2 — the version with the built-in parallel DB25 port (so no internal Widget). It boots up fine from an external ProFile hard drive, but it always goes straight into MacWorks.

I’m trying to figure out a few things:

• Is there a way to check if there’s a Lisa OS partition hidden on the ProFile?
• MacWorks reports the drive as 5MB, but I’m wondering if it might actually be a 10MB ProFile, with the other 5MB possibly used by a Lisa OS install.
• If Lisa OS is installed, is there any way to choose which OS boots at startup?

Also, with floppies, I’ve been booting from a MacWorks startup disk first, then inserting the actual MacWorks disk. But with the ProFile, how does the startup process work? Is there any built-in way to switch or select an alternate system if one exists?

Any tips would be really appreciated!

 

[MOS8_030]

Highly unlikely the drive is partitioned.
If you need confirmation that your Profile is 5mb open it up and check the label on the HD.

 

[mactjaap]

A 10 MB Profile is rare. So probably it is a 5MB.
I have a partioned Profile emulator. (https://vintagemicros.com/catalog/lisa-xprofile-p-307.html)
This one boots in Lisa OS if I don’t use the MacWorks floppy and only boots in MacWorks if I boot from floppy.

 

[lisa2]

Does she boot MacWorks or MacWorks+?
MacWorks+ normally formats the whole disk as HFS drive and there is no Lisa partition.