> From: dhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Quadlist)
> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 22:50:37 -0500
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Quadlist)
> Subject: 478 IBM drive
>
> I bought a bunch of 475s at an Auction. All are minimal computers
> with 4 megs of memory and 256K VRAM. All had 80 meg hard drives
> except one, which is an IBM drive that has a 160K. It boots
> sometimes. It seems to have its own mind. SO, I decide that I will
> install 7.5. Nope, it cannot be done. If I boot the 7.5 tools disk,
> it doesn't recognize that the drive even exists. Hmm. Well, what
> I'll do is put an external hard drive, boot from the 7.5, and operate
> off of the external. Forget that. Well, then, how about 7.5 and the
> 8.1 OS from a CD. Doesn't recognize the CD. Well, then, ... I will
> boot from the 7.5 with Mt Everything and then mount the external
> (forget it) or the CD (zippo.) Well, then, I will boot from the
> 160, which booted an hour ago. "This startup disk will not work on
> this computer." Forget it then, I just hang the 160 up and go with
> an Apple 80 meg. Yep, that works. Is there a mount program that
> will recognize MT the 160 and small enough to put on the 7.5 boot
> disk? Darn it, I want to put 7.5, 7.6 or 8.1 on that 160 disk drive.
>
> Dale - I think I hate that IBM drive.
Dale,
When it boots, I suspect it's quirky in operation?
Does it boot (even sometimes) w/ extension off, but if you try full load you
get either a SCSI bus error or just the old question mark and no boot?
Does it boot (more reliably) IF you have an external device plugged in and
terminated (not trying to boot from the external, just have it connected and
running)?
Outside of not working (and hating IBM drives for the moment :-) what is the
most consistent symptom the HD exhibits?
Still thinking,
Dana
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