much thx for the ideas, see below on what did finally work recap: system, 8100/80, NEWER G3(300mhz), 264M, jackhammer card, dual 9Gs, 8.6, FWB HDT 4.5, first refused to boot then hung while booting
- used spare 8100/100 to test different configurations - reformatted drive with HDT 4.5 with drive connected to system board - installed jackhammer card, CP, sys folder, other cards - booted up fine using drive connected to jackhammer on 8100/100 - swapped cards and drives back into orig 8100/80 - system hung while booting - narrowed offending EXT to MAXPower EXT, the NEWERTECH s/w to drive the G3 card (ARGHH) - even tried a second 8100/80 mother board, swapped everything over, same hang - went back to the 8100/100, booted fine - only drawback is th3 8100/100 has a slower system bus than the 8100/80 so the G3 card only runs at 266 vs 300 - ARGHH !!! but still feels faster than the w/o the jackhammer in the 300Mhz any ideas on what else to try to the the 8100/80 to work ?? might tear things down again when i have a few hours to kill jim oh, and i also have a dead jackhammer card too Subject: Re: boot problems when using jackhammer SCSI card >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 08:38:51 -0400 >Subject: boot problems when using jackhammer SCSI card >can't seem to boot off of drive connected to jackhammer nubus card > >- system, 8100/80, NEWER G3(300mhz), 264M, dual 9G seagates, 8.6, FWB HDT 4.5 > >- reformatted with FWB HDT 4.5, connected to jackhammer card, sys folder is >there > >- refuses to boot off of it, goes back to the other drive connected to the >motherboard > >- even unplugged the motherboard drive, then can't find sys folder -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
