victoria duggan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The 550c is working the drive is now partitioned with 4 drives but >for some reason 2 of the drives will not mount the mac just says at >start up that 2 of the partitions cannot be read at start up. I will >sort this later. >I still have 14gb of space from the rest of the drive though so thats >enough. the system is also running at 167mhz from the nupower card >and the batteries i have managed to recon are showing 2 hr 56 mins. Which model ATA->SCSI adapter are you using? Did you initialize the drive on the adapter, or off the adapter on a native ATA machine? What utility did you use to initialize the drive?
I suspect you have an ADTX adapter (such as came on the OEM Apple 1GB drive.) If so you can only use the first ~8GBs of the drive, anything beyond that will be (or will become) a scrambled mess. Here's my page on the subject of adapters: <http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/pb_scsi_ata.html> >Running system 8.1 I have a pcmcia cage but it is a revision b is the >cage from another mac able to be swapped because if so i have a >pcmcia flash drive 512.mb and an orinoco card that i can use. AFAIK, you can't use a rev B on a PPC 'Book, but give it a try anyway, might work after all. Here's a couple of replies to some of the other suggestions you've received. First, you can use a network access disk (NAD) to install stuff over an ethernet network, but you'll proably have to roll your own NAD for a PPC PB500, here's my helpful page on the subject: <http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/nad.html> Secondly, I'll suggest (if you have the installer) using OS 9.1, which I have on both of my 167MHz PBs 500: <http://members.aol.com/dankephoto/ppc_upgrade/86patch.htm> I love using 9.1 on a PB500, though others may disagree. You've got the drive space and pace, as well as well as (I assume) maxed out RAM. It's really a good thing to have a SCSI cable and a CD drive for your 'Book. Cost is low, value is high. dan k dan k ................................. http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 ................................. -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
