>Yesterday, I tried to get my PC Comp. card working in my 7300/200. The >Mac is running OS 9.1, and has 256M RAM in it. The PC card (according to >the BIOS) has a Pentium 166, and 16M of onboard RAM. > >I started by downloading PCSetup 1.6.4 (I had 1.6.1), followed by PC >Setup 2.1.7 (which is now freeware). I tried getting it to work with >1.6.4 first to no avail. Then I tried getting it to work 2.1.7, also with >no luck. > >It seems that my drive containers aren't being recognized. As in I have >no "c:". I thought that maybe it had to do with HFS+ formatting that OS >8.1 and up use (which could explain why these cards don't work properly >with newer OSs?", so I added a 160M drive pulled from an LC550 to the >works and tried using that as my drive container. Still no go. >
Look for a 500 MB - 1 gig spare drive. Install OS 8.5.1 or 8.6 (HFS+ format is ok) and boot from it. Install PC Setup 1.6.1/4 and create your partition. Shift to DOS and install PC Compatibility software (on floppy). Restart on DOS and begin installing MS-DOS 6.22 (if the first disk isn't recognized keep pressing the "Return" key). Do have a 6.22 floppy set that will run on a PC. Install Windows 3.11 or 95. I found Virtual PC easier to install and ran much faster (depending on the speed of the cpu card) than my PC-166 card on an 8500/200 so I sold the card and freed a PCI slot. Charlie -- 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
