on 11/30/03 8:03 AM, Mark Benson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This gets odder and odder - 160MB Apple branded IBM H3171 drive - works > perfectly. Tried it once - not recognized. Terminated and rebooted. > Tried again got a happy Mac then it went back to the flashing disk/? > that was still flashing (not locked like other drives). Booted from a > floppy and drive came up in the desktop. Stuffed the boot floppy's > System Folder on it and rebooted and bingo. > > My head hurts. Do I need a custom driver on non-Apple drives to boot > them maybe?
No. But be sure the weird drives you're using have their settings matching the Apple ROMmed ones. Jeff -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
