>Subject: Using a CF card to boot a PB 5300cs? > From: "Robert Eye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 02:05:14 -0500 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > When I try to boot from the card, I first get the start of the boot sequen= > ce and the smiling MacOS screen and progress bar. I then get a bomb with= > a "bus error" and am told to boot with extensions off. Doing so results= > with another "bus error."
I had the same problem intermittently in trying to do this, using 8.1 on a 5300c. The first few times it went great, then I got the bus error you described. What made it even worse was that I couldn't figure out how to get the cf card out of the PC Card slot without booting from a floppy, since the PC Card was selected as the startup disk. Unfortunately, I have no insight as to why this problem occurs. If you have enough hard drive space, you might making an emergency boot/maintenance partition, which might be more reliable (though of course subject to hard drive failure). > FWIW, ejecting the CF card during the restart allows successfull booting fr= > om the main HD. So how do you do this? I thought the only way to eject it was by dragging it to the trash. -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
