Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

> I should have said LaCie Silverlining 5.3.1. It's an older version of > LaCie's disk partitioning utility for Macs. See www.lacie.com for the > current version, which comes on CD. Ask around your local Mac community; > someone's sure to have a copy they'll let you borrow. The file's something >

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

I should have said LaCie Silverlining 5.3.1. It's an older version of LaCie's disk partitioning utility for Macs. See www.lacie.com for the current version, which comes on CD. Ask around your local Mac community; someone's sure to have a copy they'll let you borrow. The file's something like 242K,

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

> Ran LaCie 5.3.1 on it to "see" and mount it at ID 1. That let me copy > the contents to another external drive without using a password. Then I used > LaCie to format and initialize the drive before putting it in another > machine. That sounds like a good plan... but where do you get this LaCie

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, getting there but still can't access the drive!!

--- b e n w e l l s | headwerkx > Insert deep sigh here Looks like you're stuck until you get a SCSI Disk Mode cable and can directly connect it to another Mac. Got any boot disk that the Disk Mode control panel will fit on? Can it be kicked into Disk Mode from a boot floppy? What if

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Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

I'll echo that recommendation. However, I was able to get around a password-locked 80 MB Quantum SCSI with a 1990 Apple ROM recently by hooking it up in an external HDD, which I then connected to the SCSI port on an SE/30. Ran LaCie 5.3.1 on it to "see" and mount it at ID 1. That let me copy the c

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't bootNetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

What about using FWB HD toolkit? Connect the hd in question to a Mac with the FWB Toolkit and fiddle around with that. Drives I had trouble with were instantly seen and fixed by FWB. on 6/27/02 3:08 PM, b e n w e l l s | headwerkx at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Got access to a PC with a SCS

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

I hate to sound like a broken record here, but if you suspect there's problems with the HD, I would highly recommend finding a different one on eBay/Yahoo! Who knows, you may get something bigger than what you have -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Elec

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

> Well, if you had the SCSI Disk Mode cable and could > get that control panel on a boot disk. :) Then I > suppose you could also connect it to a Mac, but with > the drive fouled up like it is you might still > have the same trouble trying to format it. Well that's one of the final plans of attac

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, getting there but still can't access the drive!!

> What if: > The 540c has 8.1 on it and the HD is formatted HFS+. > Would HFS+ prevent these old utilities from seeing the HD? > Maybe some flavor of Drive Setup will see it. Good point. Tried the Drive Setup apps on the MacOS 8 and 9.1 disks, no dice there... (OS8 isn't HFS+ anyway, 9.1 caused a

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

--- b e n w e l l s | headwerkx > No, unfortunately... the Windoze box is IDE all the > way... I don't know how > would you connect the drive up the 2.5" drive > just uses one fairly > narrow connector which handles data and, I guess, > power. it's certainly not > standard narrow 50 pin st

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't bootNetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot

The "problem" with Macs and dodgey hard drives is there's no way to get low level access to ROM routines for low level formatting a drive. You must boot a System or Mac OS. Unfortunately if the driver on the HD is "FUBAR" or incompatable with a driver on another disk then you're "SOL" when it come

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

> Got access to a PC with a SCSI controller? FDISK > sees HFS and HFS+ hard drives as completely empty No, unfortunately... the Windoze box is IDE all the way... I don't know how would you connect the drive up the 2.5" drive just uses one fairly narrow connector which handles data and, I gues

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

--- b e n w e l l s | headwerkx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion Gamba... great site btw, > must visit it twice a > day... > > anyhoo, I had tried my trusty SuperBooter disk with > no luck. Shift-on and > write protected, it booted up fine. However HD SC > Setup can't ini

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can'tbootNetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot

>Anyway, Mt Everything CAN'T see the drive. At all. Normally a troublesome >drive will stil show on it's ID, >Ben What if: The 540c has 8.1 on it and the HD is formatted HFS+. Would HFS+ prevent these old utilities from seeing the HD? Maybe some flavor of Drive Setup will see it. Gamba

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't bootNetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot

> Methinks that the password protection has messed with the driver on the HD. > MyEverything 1.1.1 control panel has an option for using MtEverthing's > built-in driver to mount drives. Good news - Now have the thing connected to my big Mac. Seems the floppy drive is dodgey, keeping a light press

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't bootNetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot

>but if anyone's got any other ideas, please keep >them flowing this way. >Cheers, Ben. Methinks that the password protection has messed with the driver on the HD. MyEverything 1.1.1 control panel has an option for using MtEverthing's built-in driver to mount drives. MtEverything will fit on Appl

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

> >Launch AppDisk ramdisk, then expand MicroNet.sea into ramdisk. After several attempts to boot (lots of errors, including a no-FPU error) I got MicroNet running... bad news, it can't see a thing. I think what I need is a some kind of super network boot disk, once I can talk to another Mac I sh

Re: Switching off your Mac with a TV remote

Donovan Marshall wrote: > I've covered the IR port on the Mac up now so the > problem is solved but I'm curious to know if this is supposed to happen. > > Regards > Donovan Marshall This means that the IR port on your mac responds to standard IR code for consumer electronics, the so-called RC5 c

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves.....

>Launch AppDisk ramdisk, then expand MicroNet.sea into ramdisk. And btw, the above won't work unless the floppy is unlocked. Gamba -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter T

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

> >MicroNet can't be extracted because there's no room on the floppy for it > Yes it can. > RFM! > Launch AppDisk ramdisk, then expand MicroNet.sea into ramdisk. Ah, always wondered what that app did... I'll let you know how it goes... Ben. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

>I wonder what human hair would do to a 540c? Well, my 540c came from Emory University (or so the ID tag claims). Anyhoo, I opened it up the other day and there was a boatload of human hair everywhere in it. I guess it didn't hurt it, but it was just everywhere. Now it's nice and clean in there!

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves.....

>MicroNet can't be extracted because there's no room on the floppy for it Yes it can. RFM! Launch AppDisk ramdisk, then expand MicroNet.sea into ramdisk. >and, of course, the internal HD isn't accessible. MicroNet might access it where Apple HD Setup couldn't. >Any other ideas? Lots, but try

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

It's a good thing you're wearing the hat now. I don't pretend to be a computer expert, but I got a cat's hairball in my Apple IIe keyboard. I wonder what human hair would do to a 540c? In the meantime, you could always make faces at the sad Mac (eg., stick your tongue out while doing a dance).

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

> Well, its not Mac software, but it helps in hair growing for balding > men...read your subject line oh, I see. It's called "Regaine" here in Australia. I wear a hat to prevent me from grabbing tuffs now ;-) -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electroni

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

> Seriously though, how about buying a "new" HD from eBay? Thought has crossed my mind, except I really don't have the time for eBaying (the 540c was worth it but the last few minutes of bidding nearly killed me) and itty-bitty SCSI drives for notebooks cost a packet. And there's nothing wrong wi

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

Well, its not Mac software, but it helps in hair growing for balding men...read your subject line > > Have you considered Rogaine? > > Eh? Say what now? > -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A |

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

> Have you considered Rogaine? Eh? Say what now? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

Seriously though, how about buying a "new" HD from eBay? Steven -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End M

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

Slighty OT here... Have you considered Rogaine? Steven -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves

Thanks for the suggestion Gamba... great site btw, must visit it twice a day... anyhoo, I had tried my trusty SuperBooter disk with no luck. Shift-on and write protected, it booted up fine. However HD SC Setup can't initialise anything not mounted... as the password is needed to mount the HD norm

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot NetworkDisk, hair falling out, shot nerves.....

>>I've just purchased a 540c which has password protection on the hard disk... >the owner doesn't have the password as it was purchased at a business >clearing sale or something and never used. I was told that formatting the >hard disk would get around the issue, which made perfect sense to me. Ex

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot Network Disk, hair falling out, shot nerve

> Can you open the Extensions Manager Control Panel? If you can, turn off > all the extensions except Appleshare and restart. there is no extensions panel... the Netboot disk is stripped bare, the System and Finder files take up most of the space on a 1.4M disk, with the Appleshare and EtherTalk

Re: Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot Network Disk, hair falling out, shot nerve

>>but of course it can't connect cuz the AppleShare extension isn't loaded.<< Can you open the Extensions Manager Control Panel? If you can, turn off all the extensions except Appleshare and restart. Works with OS 7.1.3 and 7.5.5 Donn -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Trouble with a password-protected PB540c, can't boot Network Disk, hair falling out, shot nerves...

I know this is a Powerbook-related issue, but I'm not getting any response on that list and it's driving me nah-nahs... I've just purchased a 540c which has password protection on the hard disk... the owner doesn't have the password as it was purchased at a business clearing sale or something and

Re: This is another fine mess.......

--- Teri Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I have one of those cosmic ironies on hand. > I wanted a Color > Classic to try and turn into a Takky. Was given one Neat. > plot my next move. It runs nicely with the 520 MO > but the OS is so > stripped down that it really needs to be >