Back when we were having the discussion about using CF cards as VM/boot "disks" in the PCMCIA slot, I reported that I would get a Bus Error when I tried to boot with a CF card installed.

I could add it in later for browser cache, but it would always hang at boot if the card was installed.

I tried again last night and got the same Bus Error.

Then I thought "when does the PC Card extension load?" Pretty late in the game, it turns out. So ... I went into the Extensions folder, placed a <blank space> before the name "PC Card" on the extension and rebooted ...

Woo hoo! It now boots with the card installed.

I know this is a very well known troubleshooting technique for extension problems, but it took me a while to remember it. I just thought I'd pass it along in case anyone else was having trouble (and to share my good fortune).

Time to go put a system folder and Norton on the CF card as an emergency disk and see if it works that way (which was my main motivation for trying this in the first place).

Regards,

Bob Eye
Dallas, TX

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