I recently got an se/30 and set to upgrading it... got the network card and the ram upgraded easily, but I'm having problems with the hard drive. I've tried to add any of the many extra SCSI drives I have lying around, which range in size from 425mb to 4.2gb. After much, much futzing, I realized that any time I told drive setup to 'update the hard disk driver' on one of the drives, it would stop working in the manner described below, and would not start working again until blanked by a non-mac system. By 'not working', I mean that I could create and initialize partitions on it, and use those partitions, but as soon as I rebooted, they would disappear. The drive would show up as 'not mounted' in drive setup after that, and trying to mount it would give an error about 4gb volume size limit. (None of the volumes I created were 4gb or larger.)
I am working around that problem now by simply not updating the hard disk driver or doing a system install directly onto one of the disks, but I'd like to actually find a fix. I now have a new problem. When the original 40mb drive the system came with is installed, internally or externally, I can fully access, use, and even boot the system from the second (4gb) drive I have installed. However, when I make no other changes to the system other than disconnecting the 40mb drive, the system can no longer boot from the 4gb. As a completely unrelated issue, I can see and use, but not boot from, the CD-Rom. Is there something I'm doing wrong or is that just a limitation of the machine ? Thanks in advance ! Details: OS 7.5.5 32mb RAM, with MODE32 32-bit addressing turned on SE/30 with PDS network card, otherwise completely stock. -- Josh Litherland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) public key: temp123.org/fauxpas.pgp fingerprint: CFF3 EB2B 4451 DC3C A053 1E07 06B4 C3FC 893D 9228 -- 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
