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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