If A Partition Is Inaccessible; Other Macintosh Issues - Kurzweil K2661 Musician's Manual

Disk Mode
Working With Partitions
There's a page on our website where you can find more information about including a K2661
and a PC in a SCSI chain:
http://www.kurzweilmusicsystems.com/html/scsi_help.html

If a Partition is Inaccessible

On the PC
You're not likely to have problems addressing K2661 partitions from your PC, especially if you
created those partitions on the K2661 itself. If you can't mount a partition on your PC, try
reformatting the partition, using the K2661. If that doesn't work, do a hard format, then format
and partition the disk again.
On the Mac
System 8.5 or later—when used with the File Exchange extension—supports DOS partitions, so
you should be able to view partitions as file icons. If they aren't visible, try reformatting the
partitions using the K2661
If you're running an operating system older than 8.5, your Mac will probably not be able to
address the last partition on the disk. If you have the Formatter 5 utility from Software
Architects, you may be able to make the last partition visible (we can't guarantee that this will
work):
1. Start with a hard format (see the procedure on page 13-77).
2. Format the disk with Formatter 5 (see the Formatter 5 instructions).
3. Use Mac/PC manager (a utility provided with Formatter 5) or DOS Mounter 95 (also

Other Macintosh Issues

There are several things to keep mind when attempting to use a Mac with disks formatted for
the K2661.
First, we recommend using MacOS 8.5 or later, and version 3.0.2 (or later) of the File Exchange
system extension. This combination has given the best results, especially for disks formatted
with the K2661. With this configuration you can read most partitioned DOS disks, but you can't
format them.
On Macs running operating systems prior to 8.5, you can use Formatter 5 (and its accompanying
extension, Mac/PC manager). these work reasonably well for formatting and reading small
disks. Results are unreliable for disks larger than 2 G, however. Formatter 5 often has trouble
reading any partition but the first, even on disks formatted with the K2661. You might also try
DOS Mounter 95, also available from Software Architects.
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available from Software Architects) to view the partitions.