>Thanks for the download locations. Another problem: >In scsi disk mode, my bench unit reports that there is >a problem with the 1400 disk. When I try to run >diskwarrior on it, warrior reports that the disk can't >be unmounted. But if all this is a bad hard disk, why >won;t the start up control panel work when booted off >the the os 9.1 start up disk?
There are threads from a day or two ago about this; you can't use a 4 gig IDE drive in SCSI disk mode on these older powerbooks without the desktop complaining about corrupted data and potentially corrupting data on the PB. If diskwarrior or Norton is happy with it when you are NOT in SCSI disk mode, likely this is the reason for the error. Personally I don't see a reason to use SCSI disk mode at my house; if you have a desktop mac with a serial port you can always hook up via serial cable, or ethernet if you have that, and it always works, doesn't mangle your data if you have the certain model PB's, and doesn't do anything that risks killing your SCSI controller (some people hook up with a db25 parallel port cable, some people have the adapters wiggle loose and short out the controller on one side or other, to name 2 problems I've seen first-hand). I guess if you don't have a CD and want to Speed Disk the PB you'd need SCSI disk mode, but that's about it. That didn't stop me from getting a switchable SCSI adapter just in case though :) but really you can do just about anything you need the disk adapter for, via appletalk. OS installs included (in fact appletalk works better for OS installs that the SCSI disk mode does). Did you try just deleting the startup control panel prefs? And, did you zap the PRAM all the way (5 or 7 'bong's' or so? Clean format and reinstll seems a little excessive, but does indicate to me that your problem lies elsewhere than software on the HD :) (corrupted PRAM could generate a bad prefs file instantly though on). To comment on something froma couple posts ago, but since the subject hasn't changed: the only issues I recall having read about with Sonnet cards were Quicktime related, and were Apple's issue to solve, but they never have (per Sonnet). 8.1 and 9.01/9.1 did not generate the Quicktime issues for me with the G3/400 upgrade, 8.6 was dodgy for me on my 1400/G3 and on my 4400; I think 8.6 is a bad system to run, myself, and I believe Sonnet that it's not their fault. (although 9.04 only lived on the 1400 a short time before moving to 9.1). What other issues exist, if any? B -- 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:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
