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>From: Blake Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Compact Macs)
>Subject: HELP - Mac Plus ext. SCSI HD won't boot...
>Date: Fri, Apr 12, 2002, 5:01 PM
>
> I recently acquired a Mac Plus and a Rodime 20MB ext SCSI HD...
> Once installed, Apple SC HD would not format the drive. �It is not an
> Apple drive. �So I did the ResEdit patch. �It then saw the drive but
> would not format it "hardware error." ��I also got Apple HD SC A/UX
> setup---same prob. �I then got Lido 7 and it formatted the drive fine.
> �Set up one 1GB partition. �The drive is mounted and reads/writes fine
> (at 160KB/sec both ways only it seems, based on a bench from Lido).
> �BUT--the drive won't BOOT!! �I get a question-mark floppy icon.
>
> I've tried everything. �Nothing I do will get that drive to boot. �It is
> 1:1 interleaved becuase it has cache and there's no point to 3:1 with a
> cache I hear.
> bp
>
> --
> Heisenberg may have slept here.
I think the drive's too big. Either partition it in thirds or use a smaller
drive.
JEff
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