On 7/13/03 11:08 PM, "James S Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What Ultra SCSI card are you using?
The one that came with the machine.
>Is the HD the only SCSI device you have connected to the cards?
Yes
>Have you verified the termination is correct?
I don't know how to do this.
>Is your PRAM battery good?
I replaced it with a brand new one from Radio Shack.
>Have you tried resetting the CUDA?
Yes
>
> On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 08:58 PM, Wesson Gaige wrote:
>
>> I have a G3 B&W which I purchased used on eBay. Several months after I
>> bought it, the 9GB drive went flaky and I got a 18GB to replace it.
>>
>> Neither drive has an OS on it. The drives are on a Ultra SCSI bus. I
>> can't
>> boot off either a MacOS X installation CD or a MacOS 9 installation
>> CD. On
>> X the CD starts to boot and then when the gray screen with the Apple
>> appears, the circle just spins forever. With the 9 CD, the Mac shows
>> up and
>> just sits there forever. If I disconnect the cable from the SCSI
>> card, the
>> boot will continue. But this does me no good since there is no HD to
>> install on.
>>
>> The strange thing is that when I first started with the 18GB HD, it
>> would
>> boot. Then suddenly it just stopped.
>
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