Andrew, Peters explained the setup to me and it makes sense now. My machine is a REV B biege desktop as far as I know. At the moment I'm only running OS 9.2.2 on this machine, I was running X but that was on a 2nd hard drive which has had to go off for repair.
Niall ----- Original Message ----- From: "ANDREW J. YON III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 4:09 PM Subject: Re: ATA pci card boot problems > On 7/6/02 10:21 AM, "N.J.Julian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I recently picked up an Acard AHARD ATA 66 pci card (AEC6260M Ultra > > 66) for my G4 upgraded beige desktop,..... > > > Which one ? REV. A, B, or C ? > What version of X are you using ? > > > > > > Ok my hard drive is set to master. And so is the cd-rom. Now when I install > > the ATA card, I use the cable provided to connect it to the hard drive, and > > the cable is connected to the primary ide port on the card. I leave the cd-rom > > connected to the port of the motherboard. Now to me, the hard drive should be > > master and the cd-rom slave, so I make the changes, and on bootup I get the > > flashing question mark. > > > > Making the hard drive slave and hard drive master only > > lets me boot of the OS 9 cd. > > When it booted to 9 did you go to the control panel and choose to start up > to the X drive ? > > > > > So I'm not sure what configuration I need to work with. I've removed the card > > and replugged the hard drive back onto the motherboard ide and everythings > > back to normal (wouldn't be typing this otherwise). > > > > Anybody got an ideas on where I'm going wrong? > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > > > Niall > > > > ps life is never simple is it when it comes to computer upgrades! > > If it were simple , we would probably be too bored to fool with it. > > Andy3 > > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
