I got my 7300/200 working again. :) First I copied the System file, Finder and System Resources files from the minimal 9.1 install on the smaller drive to the main drive.
Then I made a CD with the 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 updater disk image files and OS9 Helper 1.0.1 on it. (Used Basilisk II to put the stuff on an HFV image file then burned it to CD-R with Nero Burning ROM.) To access the CD I copied the CD/DVD extentions from the fouled up 9.2.2 System Folder to the small drive. I did a Core System files only custom install of the 9.2.1 update then did the 9.2.2 update, which allows no customizing. (Like the 8.5>8.6 update.) Rebooting from the bigger drive with 9.2.2 worked just fine. (Of course this is without the D-Link NIC!) Then I decided to update the USB extentions since they weren't what was in the 9.2.x install tomes. When I rebooted the System was corrupted again. Won't boot with extentions disabled either. Grrr. Snarl. Bleh. Have to do this all over again for the Nth time. Why is the Mac OS so *fragile*? Seems like any poorly written application, extention or control panel can poke into the System files and foul them up. The only time I've ever had as much core OS file trouble was with Win95B, especially when it came to installing USB support. It was all too common for KERNEL32.DLL to get corrupted and require a reinstall since that file was built during the install and is roughly equivalent to the System file. I'm seriously thinking of getting rid of all my older Mac stuff and buying one of the last/fastest models of Beige G3 so I can install OSX, gaudy GUI and all. Does OSX have built in backup for critical System components like Windows XP? Absolutely every time I'm about to do something with OS blowing up potential, I set a System Restore point and it's saved a ton of work many times. Worst case is I have to boot to Safe Mode then restore from the restore point. With Mac OS any "bomb proofing" has to be done manually and to be 100% sure of recovery the entire System Folder has to be copied and stored off the Mac. Just drop in the wrong extention or wrong combination of extentions and *foom*. Then you can't tell exactly what got corrupted if it won't boot. Mac OS can be very stable, but for the die hard tinkerer and tweaker, getting to an optimal setup is a road filled with Bombs. ;) (And error numbers nobody has ever heard of.) ===== "When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins." Hiro Protagonist __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
