Don: A couple of suggestions:
1) Do you have any SCSI external devices hooked up? Unlikely, but hanging at startup could be caused by that. I'd disconnect everything from the box. 2) Have you cleared up space on your HD to alleviate the frgamenting problem? The reason I ask is, you should be able to run a less-than-thorough defrag with Speed Disk just by running the application -- not starting up from a separate disk. (It gathers up the pieces of files and writes them to contiguous available space) However, if you don't have enough space available on your HD, you (a) won't be able to run it, and (b) will have the same fragmented file problem before too long. 3) Failing all that, you may want to try putting your old processor back in and trying the Norton Disk. Hth, Lincoln > I have recently run into a catch 22 with my (Sonnet > Crescendo G4 equipped) 7600 system HD. Norton > indicates there is considerable fragmentation, but it > will not perform Speed disk on the system disk which > is currently running. I have tried to create a special > boot CD by first installing the standard Apple system > (which will not start the Sonnet alone) on a disk > image, then augmenting that with the G4 enabler files > which the Sonnet install disk provides. (Similar to > the proceedure necessary when we first installed the > upgrade) I did make sure that toast 5 showed the new > disk would be bootable, but unfortunately each time I > attempt booting with it, (as well as the second CD > attempt at doing the same thing) the screen hangs at > the point where the little "Original Compact Mac" > smiling icon is centered in the middle of a grey > screen! > > How do I get an outside system to boot my upgraded > machine and run robustly enough to allow Norton to > defrag the original system disk? -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
