Folks, thanks for your replies. Yes, I did go into System Preferences and correct where OS9 is located. And yes, I did add OS9 drivers to the new SATA drive. The funny thing is that if I click on an OS9 app, it loads and runs. It just won't load at boot like it used to, and I get this funny message when I shut down. Phase of the moon? Wolfbane pollen concentration? Or some other setting? I could easily enough add a PATA drive back in; I was trying to completely unload the internal controller to speed up the machine per a recommendation from another list. I may yet end up with a faster processor. - Mike B. in Cincinnati
On Dec 26, 9:08 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 26, 2008, at 7:21 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: > > > Hi, I just installed a PCI SATA card in my DA, and I'm having trouble > > with Classic Mode. I used Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer the old > > system from the PATA drive to the new SATA, and some stuff didn't make > > it. After some software reinstalls, I'm almost back to normal, but I > > keep getting this error message that says that the system can't find a > > good OS9 system file on the startup disk. However, I put OS9 on a > > separate (and first) partition. Intrigueingly, Classic Mode will start > > and run if I start an OS9 app from the OS9 partition. Does anyone have > > any suggestions? Is this a problem? I didn't have it before when I was > > running off the internal PATA controller, but I don't think that > > that's the issue. > > It's not obvious what you're trying to do. > > Did you "Add OS 9 drivers" to the new SATA HD when you formatted it? > If not, you're going to need to start over and reformat the SATA HD > and use the "Add OS 9 drivers" option. > > I'm not a fan of mixing OS X and OS 9. A good idea would be to place > OS 9 on it's own dedicated PATA HD, and have OS X (without OS 9 > drivers) on it's own dedicated SATA HD. You can run Classic within OS > X fine this way, and also boot MacOS 9 fine. > > There probably isn't OS 9 software for the SATA card, so if you boot > OS 9 you'll probably not be able to access the SATA HD. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
