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>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs)
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs)
>Subject: PCI PowerMacs Digest #1286
>Date: Sun, Apr 21, 2002, 3:11 PM
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>> > Correct me if I am wrong....but I believe that you cannot boot an HFS only
>> >OS on an HFS+ formatted system.
>> >Try reformatting to HFS with your 8.5 disc first (if that's what you want to
>
>> You're partly right though, it would boot but since 7.5 doesn't support
>> HFS+ you'd see a volume with a "Where have all my files gone?" Simpletext
>> doc explaining the HFS+ thing.
>>
>
> Hi,
> this problem is presented recurrently on the list. Could it also be that
> disk drivers installed with an OS aren't backward compatible ?
>
Hi all;
Thierry hit the nail on the head. I don't know why I didn't think of it
before, as I've had this problem in the past. The disk drivers are not
backwards compatible. AFAIK you can't step down the drivers without wipeing
the drive and reinstalling a supported OS. HTH
--Thanks; Rev. George
--Maranatha (means the Lord cometh)
> Thierry
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