Brian, Thank you for your reply. I'm hoping others reply to this thread, as I know you and I aren't the only ones who have tried this! :-)
I've tried multiple boots and restarts. "Bus error" every single time. FWIW, I am using a SanDisk 128 MB CF card and a SanDisk CF-PCMCIA adapter. The steps I took: - De-activate the PC Exchange (or whatever they are called under 8.1) extensions and restart, then format the 128 MB card as a Mac disk. - Ethernet connected the PB to a Rev A iMac, shared the iMacs CD ROM drive with the 8.0 installer CD to the PB. - Installed (easy install) MacOS 8.0 onto the CF from the PB over the "network." - Copied the 8.1 updater ot the HD on the PB and updated the System on the CF to 8.1. - Set CF as the Startup Disk and tried to boot from the CF. "Bus error," with extensions on or off. - Opened CF System folder and pared down various extensions and control panels that were not needed. - Again, set CF as the Startup Disk and tried to boot from the CF. "Bus error," with extensions on or off. The PCMCIA circuitry on the PB functions fine with two modems and the CF adapter for transferring files. The PB just doesn't seem to want to boot from the CF card. You wrote: >First two boots, I got a bus error after the MacOS8 >splash window first appears. 3rd >boot, it boots fine >from the CF. I get the bus error at the same place duing the boot process. >Select startup disk to be the HD again, first boot, >bus error, click restart, boots >fine from the HD the >second time. When I go back to the HD (by just taking the CF card adapter out after a restrat) the PB boots fine the first time from the HD - it just takes it a few seconds to realize that the CF is not installed, and then it switches over looking for another valid System from which to boot. I'll try copying the System from the PB to the CF, and also zapping the PRAM (which I didn't think would be necessary, but you never know ...). Regards, Bob Eye Dallas, TX -------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 06:32:20 -0400 From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Using a CF card to boot a PB 5300cs? I'm booting a 1400 from CF with 8.1 just fine; Sandisk 64 meg w/ Sandisk PC Card adapter. The goal was same as yours- get a Speed disk boot disk made so I could defragment files. I had to format it as a mac volume is all, then just drug the system folder from the hard drive over (actually I only drug over the extensions and cdevs actually needed, since 64 megs would not be enough for entire system folder plus Norton Utils, I had to trim stuff that wasn't needed for Norton, plus make sure I had "startup disk" and similar stuff that I would need). If you installed from a CD, try just dragging a copy of your current system folder over, then choosing the PC Card with the "startup disk" control panel. and of course after I did all this, I got one of the IBM 20gig fluid spindle drives on clearance from OWC and thus made the defrag I did on the old drive moot :) but I will say- the fluid spindle HD's are just about as quiet as booting from a PC Card! Brian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 07:08:39 -0400 From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Using a CF card to boot a PB 5300cs? In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-id: <l0310280eb917bfe931c6@[192.168.1.100]> OK, I just booted the 5300ce from its internal HD, moved the PC Card that boots the 1400 fine into the 5300, chose the PC Card volume in the startup disk control panel. Restart from pulldown menu. First two boots, I got a bus error after the MacOS8 splash window first appears. 3rd boot, it boots fine from the CF. Select startup disk to be the HD again, first boot, bus error, click restart, boots fine from the HD the second time. Switching back to PC Card, first boot: illegal instruction; second boot: bus error; 3rd boot- fine. Switching back from PC Card to HD, this time choosing "restart" then hitting the reset button on the back of the PB as well while the screen is still blanked, it still takes a few tries before a successful boot from the HD. So perhaps try a couple more times, It seems something persists (in PRAM?) that confuses things. I didn't zap the PRAM as I seem to recall losing my startup disk selection on desktops when I did that and had multiple system volumes possible (but powerbooks seem to break rules, or at least have a different set- don't even get me started on powerbook SCSI!). I can switch back and forth between HD and Pc Card boot volume without the errors on the 1400cs. This could be an artifact of using a boot folder from a 1400 to boot the 5300cs, but given your experience, perhaps not. B -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 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