Thank you Adam. I see if i can make the machine work with your tips.So far however, the machine doesn't start up from CD, even while pressing "C".
----- Original Message ----- From: "Krevnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 9:30 PM Subject: Re: PISMO CAN'T FIND SYSTEM > Hmm, two things come to mind... one is to make sure that jumpers on the > 30GB drive are properly setup. For most drives, setting it up for cable > select is good enough, and requires no jumpers to actually be set. > > The other is that by swapping the drives around like you did, confused > the machine. Did you connect the old drive in the Sitecom case when the > Pismo was on, or was the Pismo off when you connected it? > > I recommend double-checking the jumpers, then starting from a MacOS 9 > CD if you can. Holding 'C' when booting will force OpenFirmware to load > from the CD and it should boot, even in a confused state. Use Startup > Disk to select the drive that is currently internal and restart. It > should clear up the problem. > > Another thing you should probably check is that the cable to the HD is > properly seated on both ends. I did a very bad thing when I installed > my 40GB Hitachi into my Lombard and forgot to check the end connected > to the logic board. Suffice it to say, I had fun reformatting and > reinstalling 5 days later. > > Regards, > Adam Thayer > > On Saturday, October 4, 2003, at 08:33 AM, Sakshin de Groot wrote: > > > i attached a new fire wire Toshiba 30 GB hard disk to my Pismo 400 by > > placing it in a case firewire case from SITECOM. art.no CN-600. > > It didn't show up at the desk top. After taking the firewire plug in > > and > > out many times after eachother, it showed up. I formatted it and > > installed > > system 9. Fine. > > Then i switched the disk with the original internal disk and started > > up. > > Fine. > > Then i connected the old disk externally (by placing it in the sitecom > > case) to the machine and it stalled. it was stuck. > > Now i switched the disks back and forth and in and out but it won't > > start > > up at all anymore. Not even from the start up CD. > > it keeps looking for a system wich it doesn't seem to find anymore. > > On each hard disk is a system folder. > > Before it totally refused to work i ran over it with all possible > > repair > > and check applications and they repaired quite al lot, but now... > >> > > What to do? Who has any sugestions! > >> > > Thanx, sakshin > > > > -- > > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > > Drives | > > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! > > | > > > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > > --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >> The Think Different Store > > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
