Hello David, I have one HD on one SCSI chain. And will soon have another HD on a second SCSi chain. The current one is buggy with OS 8.6. That OS is needed for some very costly outdated software which will soon be replaced.
RK Rossi > From: David Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 00:49:52 -0700 > To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Can a 9600/300 boot from an external CD-ROM Drive? > > I've booted my 8600 with 2 CD drives attached (1 internal and 1 external) by > leaving either one empty and placing a start up CD in the other. If they are > both Apple drives, holding the "C" key down during startup has started from > the drive with the CD. With a non Apple drive, I've had to use > cmd-opt-shift-delete, which disables the assigned startup drive and finds > the next OS containing drive on the SCSI chain. (Apple drive means one that > uses the Apple CD extension, vs non Apple, which needs a 3rd party extension > to work.) I am assuming that you are using SCSI devices and that you only > have an OS on a single hard drive? > > David Allen > > RK Rossi wrote: > >> I thought of making an external CD-ROM Drive to solve an incompatibility >> issue with my 9600/300. Can I boot from this external CD-ROM drive? >> >> Thanks, >> RK Rossi -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
