Hi list, I read on LEM web site an article about booting a Powerbook from a CompactFlash card (<http://www.lowendmac.com/macdan/02/1114dk.html>) with great interest. Although it specifically states that on a Powerbook 500 series it shouldn't work (it says: "PowerBook 520/540/550 does not appear to work") I went ahead and tried it on my PPC upgraded 540c with success. Here's how I did it: 1) turn off PC exchange, reboot 2) on prompt I reformatted as Mac OS 3) turned PC exchange back on, reboot (now if I choose Special/Erase disk it offers me either PC DOS or Mac OS format, unlike before) 4) Copy System folder to CF, choose it as Startup device, reboot 5) voila!
of course the CF can be used as virtual memory too. Configuration used: -PowerBook 540c PPC upgraded to 167 MHz 603e -40 MB RAM -340 MB hdd -rev. C PC card cage -128 Mb CompactFlash card -PCMCIA CF adapter -Mac OS 8.1 It would be great if someone updated the information to reflect the true possibility of the BlackBird. Regards, Boris -- 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
