Uh oh... I deleted the first post of this email because it didn't seem to really concern me and I wanted to keep my inbox clean.
However its beginning to sound like it might explain my last week of terror between my Quadra 800 and PowerBook 190 which has a 5gb IDE hard drive in it. Ive been spending days trying to get MacOS 8.1 installed on the PowerBook through SCSI disk mode. It has resulted in the complete loss of hundreds of files on the Quadra 800, including ones that make it boot, which it ceased to, as well as programs and documents. All of the losses are completely random (like the entire contents of the fonts folder, a program called weather mac, and the finder file for example). I followed all of the strict SCSI disk mode rules, but it still did it. One of my friends also mentioned he thought it was strange how the powerbook was the one that booted with all of the drives, as if though the Quadra was going into SCSI disk mode and not the powerbook. Does this article have anything to do with my above problem? If it does, can somebody repost the link? >> >> Thanks, but you all are the experts! Can you instruct a rank >> amateur PB user how to switch off SCSI mode on his PB 190? Does this >> bug affect one's file sharing in any way? >> I was also wondering whether after all this time since 1998 >> if some sharp Mac hacker hasn't conjured up some solution. >> >> Thanks for the response! >> >> JimWG > >SCSI disk mode is only used when you plug a SCSI cable in the back of your >powerbook, and then plug the other end into another computer. There is a >control panel named "Powerbook SCSI Disk Mode", but this only changes the ID >of your hard drive. > >File sharing is in no way affected, neither is anything else, and the fix is >simple: don't plug your book into another computer via the SCSI port. :-) > >The problem resides in the ROM of the books, which means no amount of >hacking will fix it... -- 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
