on 27/10/00 22:01, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My IDE hard disk has some errors on it that DiskFirst Aid can't repair. I've
> tried to install a clean 8.5 on it, by file sharing the CD from my main B&W
> to the 2300, but the installer did freeze. Upon restart, I'm now getting the
> "No Disk" icon, i.e. it won't start anymore.
>
> I have my SCSI hard disk from my 280c with a known good system on it (unless
> the hard disk has been fried when I did this catastrophic short), so I'm
> wondering if I could temporarily connect this SCSI hard disk and boot from
> it, so that I could reformat the IDE drive and attempt to install a new
> system on it.
>
> It's very hard to do without any dock.
>
> If anybody has a better idea, please speak up now!
>
I hate replying to my own posts, but here it goes for the benefit of others
who might also want to know.
Yes, it works. I'm currently doing a low level format on the IDE drive after
booting from the SCSI drive. You only need to be careful with the drive
cables and it seems to work. To excessive heating. I did remove the battery
to make sure that the adapter wouldn't try to deliver power to it and would
concentrate on the 2 drives only.
I'm not sure, but I feel I'm becoming a scientist, maybe not mad, but a
scientist anyway!
-Laurent.
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