Vern: If the H.D. you're talking about is the one I'm familiar with, It was formatted with Mac OS 7.6, Hard disc tools on the CD. There Was no system folder installed. It was set up for storage only.
To make it boot, You'll have to format it and install a compatable system folder for your machine. and what ever enablers that may be required. Jim Lunceford ----Happy 'puting---- -------------------------- Vern Andrews wrote: > My external 2GB HD was working as a boot drive (System 7.5), until I > reformatted it. Now it works, but will no longer act as a boot > drive. I tried Apple/Option/Shift/Delete. > > I have used the following HD tools to successfully > format/parition/initialize the drive, and received no errors > -- Apple HD SC Setup v3.1 > -- Alliance Power Tools > -- Hard Disk ToolKit > -- Lido 7.56 > -- PLI Formatter 4.0 > > Testing the drive found no problems. HD is running fine. Installed > 7.5.3. Transferring files back and forth works fine. Applications > run, documents open, with no problems. Problem is that I cannot boot > from the external drive, which once was bootable. > > -- > : - ) - Vern Andrews - - - - - Oregon Trail Descendant -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
