Just a wild guess, but _could_ it be the interleave setting? On Saturday, April 13, 2002, at 09:59 , Blake Patterson wrote: > Mac OS 6.0.8 can handle up to 2GB partitions. I had originally > formatted it to the full 2GB and that worked fine as well, when booted > from a floppy. Not likely the partition size. > > bp > On Saturday, April 13, 2002, at 09:50 AM, J.S. Garrison wrote: >> ---------- >>> 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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