You would have to boot off even an external cd or ZIP drive. Or you cannot remove the floppy disk to do anything to the hd with the floppy drive. You could network with another Mac and boot from that machine to free up your floppy drive. I think that I have done this with 230s before. I boot off th ZIP drive now to work on the internal hd. If you can add a small mounting program to the floppy disk for Speed Disk, maybe that would help. There may not be enough space left though.
Dan in AZ Teri Pittman wrote: > At 08:09 PM 07/21/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > >I do not know what you have tried until now. To boot off the cd, be sure > that you > >are holding down the "c" key down while you start the computer and keep > the key > >down. > > It doesn't have a CD. I've tried to boot off the Speed Disk floppy & the > Norton Disk Doctor Emergency disks. They boot fine. They just don't show > the hard drive on the Duo. I've tried using the option to scan the SCSI > bus within the program, but it doesn't find anything. > > If I boot from the hard drive on the Duo, I can't run the defrag, as the > system files are in use. So I get an error and it doesn't do anything. > I've read that there are two SCSI buses on Docks with an internal hard > drive. I figured this is why it's not picking up the hard drive on the > dock. When I was first fooling around with this, it did show the hard > drive on the Duo. Then it stopped showing up and all the program could see > was the boot floppy disk. > > When you've booted using one of these floppies, you don't seem to have the > option to go in and try to mount the drive. I suppose it's not the end of > the world, if I can't get it to defrag, but it does seem weird. > > Teri Pittman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
