Thank you, Peter. Have you actually located this file on an OSX-installed HDD folder? There are invisible files in OSX (just like the old Classic days) and Carbon Copy Cloner claims to copy them but does not extend the claim to Beige machines - I tested this - you cannot make a bootable copy of a drive. My guess is the Rom Dimm (Rev.A) is resistant to being re-programmed - (a typical Apple variance) or conversely, newer versions of OSX have 'forgotten' how to do the job. By the way - I confirmed the disk driver conflict this AM - cold starting, the drive was pre-set to boot into the OSX partition - and spun up beautifully, choked, and flopped over into the second, OS9-bearing partition and voila. Unless of course, the OS9 driver dominates the X driver for reasons unknown (I suspect it's to wean us off of OS9 - makes sense as Apple announces the imminent death of Classic almost every week, now). So, has anyone located the OSX HDD driver inside the X system folder - and could I copy it to the drive that fails to boot? Cheers George --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 9/21/02 12:32:08 AM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > I really (as an amateur) suspect some files in the > OSX system folder (or what > passes for such) that tell the ROM (a physical DIMM) > to recognize the HDD > driver (among other things). > >> > > The Beige is the last of the "Old World" machines. > Although conceptually all > Beige ROM functionality is contained in the ROM > SIMM, the Beiges are treated > almost as if they were "New World" machines, in > which much of the ROM code is > actually contained in a file in the System Folder > called "Mac OS ROM". It is > through the mechanism of the Mac OS ROM taking > precedence over the ROM SIMM > that your Rev. A Beige is able to handle Slave > drives. But, that cannot > happen until after the system has been booted as > otherwise the Mac OS ROM > code is not there to perform its magic. >>
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