Hi Bernie;
Not absolutely certain, but ---
Swap the IDs on the hard disks, and you SHOULD then be able to boot off
of the 'backup' disk, with both HDs available to the system. This
should allow you to repair the boot problem on the original HD.
Chuck Davis
On Monday, January 2, 2006, at 12:53 PM, Bernie Benz wrote:
The patient:
S900 w/ Powerlogix 350 G3 running OS 9.1 @ 389MHz, 600 MB ram, 3 2GB
SCSI
internal hard drives, 2 Seagate Barrcuda 4XLs and the original.
Apparently a momentary power outage corrupted the OS on the start up
drive
preventing start up. Error message: Finder no start, couldn't
initialize
system library >>Object Support Lib<< Boot from CD. Couldn't boot
from OS
9.1 CD because of conflict between CD ROM Tool Kit and Apple CD ROM
drivers,
and couldn't access Ext Mgr to turn off the Apple driver.
Luckily, I had used the 2nd Seagate HD as a back up of the Seagate
primary
drive at very infrequent intervals, so I finely unplugged the power
connector to the primary drive and the computer found the startup
folder on
the backup drive and booted! What a relief, I can now talk to you
experts!
My Q is how best to correct/reinstall the OS on the primary drive
without
destroying its contents? Can I just reinstall the OS over the
corrupted OS,
or how else?
List wisdom will be greatly appreciated.
Bernie
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