>From: "Ian Nixon" >Subject: Starting up Plus from External HD >Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 07:35:47 -0500 > >Hey- > >I have 6.0.8 on an APS SCSI 1.6GB External HD. I tried to start the Plus up >with it, and it stops the blinking <?>. No busy lights are lighted on the >HD. I inserted a bootable floppy, and restarted. It started with the >floppy and showed the HD on the desktop!! Any ideas on how to startup w/ >the HD? >
I've got two questions for the list that hopefully will jar a few memories and get your problems solved. I use system 6.0.8 on two SE's but can't say I've had much trouble getting it to work. Pure luck I guess. Anyhow, what's the largest hard drive you can use with system 6? If it's smaller than 1.6G, perhaps that would cause it not to boot from it. If the bootable floppy was system 7 or greater, ISTR the maximum partition was 2G. Maybe that's why it shows up when booted from a floppy. (I know that's pretty weak) This idea's even weaker. Does the system folder for system 6 have to be "Blessed"? I've been using System Picker for this task for a while now and don't recall how to do it manually, or if it's even necessary if there is only one system on a disk. A third idea is that if the Plus and the HD were turned on at the same time (such as turning on a switch on a power strip that feeds both of them) that perhaps the drive wasn't up to speed by the time the Plus was ready for it. When Ian turned the Plus off and back on, the drive was up to speed, and therefore mounted. I know three very lame ideas, but perhaps it will give someone else an idea as to what's wrong, and they'll come to the rescue. J White -- 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> --> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
