On Dec 27, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote:
> > 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. You referring to 'Classic' under OSX, or straight OS9? > It just won't load at boot > like it used to Booting which system? OSX, or booting OS9(without OSX running)? > > and I get this funny message when I shut down. Phase of the moon? > Wolfbane pollen concentration? Or some other setting? Nah, Murphy's just pulling your chain. ;-) > 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. Should be possible to do, just need to find the right 'incantation'. > 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. Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
