Will Cheyney Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 Hello folks. I've installed a SCSI2SD v5.1 in my Color Classic and it's working great However, I'm trying to work out how I can transfer (write) files from my modern Mac running OS Mojave to the HFS formatted SD card that holds the System 7 install for the CC. What is the best way to do this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaPorta Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 Regrettably, there is no way to do so other than some sort of file sharing setup. Mojave will only read the HFS partition, it cannot write to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cheesestraws Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 9 hours ago, Will Cheyney said: What is the best way to do this? I had good luck in the past using Basilisk II. Add the SD card device in the "SCSI devices" tab of the configuration as if it were a disc image. Basilisk II has access to the host filing system too (if you're running >= 7.5 in the emulator). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Realitystorm Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 I cover how to do that on my blog. http://www.savagetaylor.com/2018/09/02/setting-up-your-vintage-classic-68k-macintosh-installing-the-full-version-of-system-7-5-5-or-6-0-8/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Realitystorm Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 Careful though, if you have multiple partitions on you drive, or multiple drives on you SD card, you should split them in to multiple files, vs just mounting you card directly in basilisk. http://www.savagetaylor.com/2019/12/19/how-ive-setup-the-scsi2sd-that-i-use-in-my-lc-475/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TweedyF Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 One footnote to what’s been said above: I’ve been unable to get Basilisk to mount my sd card directly (in Catalina), but I have had success using dd to image the card, mount and edit the HFS drive in Basilisk, then write that image back onto the card again with dd or balenaEtcher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tt Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 @TweedyF How did you get Basilisk to run in Catalina? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Torbar Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 On 10/31/2020 at 11:22 PM, Realitystorm said: I cover how to do that on my blog. http://www.savagetaylor.com/2018/09/02/setting-up-your-vintage-classic-68k-macintosh-installing-the-full-version-of-system-7-5-5-or-6-0-8/ I didn't know you were on here! Just wanted to say, that page/your images, have saved me so much time, getting my scsi2sd setup Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TweedyF Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Torbar said: Just wanted to say, that page/your images, have saved me so much time, getting my scsi2sd setup Same here! I’m eternally grateful! @ttThe build available here runs fine on Catalina. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimbojones Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 I echo the above RealityStorm. A brilliant blog! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tt Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 7 hours ago, TweedyF said: @ttThe build available here runs fine on Catalina. Thanks so much for the link!! I missed being able to run it after I updated to Catalina. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Realitystorm Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 On 11/2/2020 at 6:14 PM, jimbojones said: I echo the above RealityStorm. A brilliant blog! Glad you and others have found it useful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BacioiuC Posted November 8, 2020 Report Share Posted November 8, 2020 I followed @Realitystorm's tutorial and I rely on an external scsi2sd to transfer files back and forth into basilisk. I clone my main partition, mount into basilisk II (works fine on my Catalina-powered iMac Pro), add the software I need and then DD it to the sdcard. Hasn't failed me once! One thing I never managed to do is mount the main partition directly from the SD card into Basilisk II. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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