Finding DiskCopy
To use the files from your GS floppies, you can get the program DiskCopy from Apple at:
http://www.support.apple.com/Software_Updates/Mac/US/
and convert those floppies into DiskCopy images.
To get a DiskCopy image into the XGS disk image format, follow steps 3 to 8 in Getting System 6.01 Up and Running.

If you have installed System 8.0 or later, you should find a version of DiskCopy in your "Applications" or "Utilities" directory.


Getting System 6.01 Up and Running
To get System 6.01 running on your XGS-Mac:
1) Download the disk image from Apple in the below directory.
ftp://ftp.support.apple.com/pub/apple_sw_updates/US/AppleII/
See the below URL for mirrors, since ftp.support.apple.com can get bogged down.
http://support.info.apple.com/ftp/mirrors.html

2) Processes the file as necessary to get the DiskCopy image out of the downloaded file.
   (Drop it on StuffIt Expander until you get the disk image...)
3) The disk image file hereafter named "TheDiskImage" should now be ready for the next step.
   Move this disk image into the XGS Disk Utilities application directory.
4) Run the XGS Disk Utilities.
5) When prompted, enter "1" and hit return.
6) A dialog should now appear. Type "TheDiskImage hd1.xgs" in the text edit line and hit return.
7) After a few seconds, the DiskCopy image "TheDiskImage" should now be converted into an XGS image named "hd1.xgs".
8) Move the image named "hd1.xgs" into the XGS-Mac application directory and launch XGS-Mac.
   The emulator will detect the image hd1.xgs and attempt to boot it.

NOTE: If you want to mount "TheDiskImage" as the second disk image, rename it to hd2.xgs.


Creating a Hard Drive for XGS
Creating a hard drive for XGS.

1) Run the XGS Disk Utilities.
2) Select "1) Create a new XGS image."
3) Enter the name for the xgs image file.
4) Enter the size of the virtual hard drive you would like to create.
5) Enter a name for the disk image. (Not significant)
6) Quit the disk utilities.
7) Move the newly created hard drive to the XGS-Mac application folder.
8) Launch XGS-Mac using a System disk in SMPT 0.
9) Once the GS/OS Finder appears, you will be prompted to eject/initialize the disk you created in step 5.
10) Choose Initialize
11) Name the disk as you want it to appear in the GS Finder.
12) Once initialized, you can now copy games and other utilities onto this hard drive!


Disk Image Conversion (General)
1) Obtain a DiskCopy disk image of the Apple II formatted file you wish to convert.
     Note: You can use DiskCopy images with XGS! Just add ".dc" to the end of the filename.
2) Move the DiskCopy disk image into the directory which contains the "XGS Disk Utilities" application.
3) Run the XGS Utils program and execute the "XGS Disk Utilities" application.
4) Choose "5. Convert a DiskCopy 4.2 image to 2IMG format" from the text menu.
5) Follow the prompt as directed. For example, if your DiskCopy disk image name is "System.Disk", you could name the XGS image "System.Disk.2mg". You should type "System.Disk" as the source and "System.Disk.2mg" as the destination when prompted.
6) If an image with a supported filename extension is in the XGS application directory, run XGS, configure the disk drive ports, and the emulator will attempt to boot whatever is in SMPT0.