Hello,
I have a problem. My mac won't boot - it hangs at the smiling Mac forever.
Yes, I have done some re-configuration on it recently - see below.
Current configuration:
PowerMac 7600 with Sonnet G4/800 CPU, 672 MB of RAM
Internal CD-ROM and 3.2GB Quantum hard drive (3 partitions)
Adaptec 2930U SCSI controller in PCI bus
ID=6 IBM 18GB 10Krpm SCSI disk with 6 partitions. The main system volume,
Boot
is on this drive.
ID=5 Orb 2.2 GB removeable disk
ID=4 Seagate 23GB Elite , 2 partitions
ID=3 Yamaha CRW8424
ID=2 IBM 60GB IDE drive with ACARD IDE-to-SCSI adapter, 3 partitions
ID=1 Maxtor 60GB IDE drive with ACARD IDE-to-SCSI adapter, 6 partitions
ATI Radeon PCI 7000 video
Sonnet Tempo Trio (dual ATA133 controller, 2 Firewire ports, 2 USB 1.1/2.0
ports)
UltraATA133 Maxtor 120GB IDE drive, 6 partitions
The change was to replace an Adaptec 2906 SCSI PCI board with the Sonnet Trio,
shuffling the devices onto a single bus (some re-assigned of SCSI IDs was done
successfully). Also the original 1GB Quantum Fireball drive was removed from
the internal SCSI bus (termination was enabled on the 3.2 Quantum which was
previously in the middle of the bus) and the bay used for the Maxtor 120GB
drive.
There is a 9.1 system on volume Boot on the IBM 18GB drive. There is also
a (pending) 9.2.2 system on volume OW 9.2.2 on the Quantum 3.2GB drive.
Neither will boot.
I can boot from my DiskWarrior CD or from my Norton Utilities CD which run
OS 9.0.4. All the volumes on the hard disks are seen and mounted on the
desktop.
The hard disk parititons (except for the Quantum) have been redone using
Drive Setup 2.0.7 (the driver was updated on the Quantum) and the
contents reloaded from backups made before the re-formatting.
The volumes have been gone over with DiskWarrior, Norton Disk Doctor
and Disk First Aid and any problems cleared up.
If I boot the system from either the 9.1 Installation CD or the TechTools Pro 3
CD (running OS 9.1), the systgem boots but the volumes do not appear on
the desktop. Drive Setup sees the drives but will not mount the volumes
(the drive LEDs flash when attempting to mount the volumes but nothing
appears on the desktop).
SCSIprobe sees all the drives and verifies that the SCSI ID settings are
correct.
But when used with a OS 9.1 boot, will not mount any volumes.
I guess my next step is to pull the Sonnet Tempo Trio board which will not
please
me.
I have zapped the PRAM and re-built the desktops on all the volumes.
Does anyone else have any ideas?
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