Which apple drive isn't booting the system???
They all should...maybe not the original CD SC
on 5/8/01 1:49 PM, Jerry Krinock at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have an Apple drive that will never boot my PB2400, but my LaCie 32x CDRW
> works most of the time.
>
> I am a great believer in SCSI Voodoo. Here is my liturgy. It sounds silly
> but, seriously, it works for me, about 80% of the time, which I believe is
> way ahead of competitive rituals.
>
> Put CD in drive.
> Turn CDROM and PB2400 off.
> Connect SCSI cable.
> Turn on CDROM power while you look at a clock.
> Wait 12 seconds.
> Turn PB2400 on by tapping the power key and immediately releasing it.
> Wait 2 seconds.
> Hold down C key.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Jerry
>
>
> on 01/05/08 09:19, John Balint at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Get an all-apple CD-ROM drive. Apple drives have "Apple ROM's" in them
>> which allows them to be bootable, and the standard Apple CD driver that
>> installs with the MacOS will be enough to make it work 100% with your
>> system.
>>
>>
>> on 5/8/01 11:34 AM, Chris Chow at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> Kate,
>>>
>>> Installing the right driver for the CD-ROM drive might
>>> solve your problem.
>>>
>>> Speaking from experience you may have however
>>> encountered "SCSI voodoo" which may give strange
>>> symptoms. When you connect the CD-ROM drive to the
>>> 2400, be sure that you turn on the CD-ROM drive first
>>> before turning on the 2400. The other thing is to make
>>> sure that the CD-ROM drive is terminated ie it has a
>>> terminator (a rectangular plug)on the other SCSI port
>>> of the drive (if it has an extra one).
>>>
>>> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>> It took me an interesting month to install system
>>>> software from CD and
>>>> Cdrom. Sometimes an icon of the CD would appear on
>>>> the desktop and
>>>> sometimes not, sometimes everything would appear
>>>> more dimensional and
>>>> full coloured, sometimes if the CD loaded the info
>>>> didn't seem to be all
>>>> there.
>>>>
>>>> It was very inconsistent but eventually somehow
>>>> worked--the original
>>>> 2400c system and the 8.0 and 8.5 were successfully
>>>> taken in. Even with
>>>> help and encouragement from someone on the list
>>>> here, (Thanks again!).
>>>> I really don't know exactly what I did differently
>>>> in the end. By some
>>>> miracle it worked.
>>>>
>>>> My EarthLink CD arrived in the mail and I tried to
>>>> load it. But now the
>>>> CDrom and the 2400c seem to have nothing to do with
>>>> one another! Not
>>>> even a partially apearing CD icon on the desktop.
>>>> Zilch. The cd-rom
>>>> shows up in the drives folder--where one initializes
>>>> disks--there it is
>>>> listed after the 'macintosh harddrive'. The very
>>>> helpful Internet Setup
>>>> Assistant enabled me to configure the connection and
>>>> go online.
>>>>
>>>> I've considered purchasing another CDrom. One that
>>>> comes with drivers.
>>>> The one i ave here doesn't appear to hav anyname on
>>>> it. Its a 24x long
>>>> fary lightweight offwhite coloured rectangular box.
>>>>
>>>> After installing the origial software systems and
>>>> updatesno notice
>>>> appeared advising any need for firmware updates.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know what might be the problem (aside from me
>>>> being a confounded
>>>> newbie! ) ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Kate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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