Well, I've been experimenting around on my S900, and I still can't get OSX off the ground.
When I try to install on the internal drive using XPostFacto, it stalls out part way through. Usually stops at mach_kernal, once or twice it made it to Adaptec 78xxSCSI, and once it went as far as IOUSBMassStorageClass. Then it sits there. I've left it like that for up to an hour, just to see what would happen. Nothing. That may be a SCSI termination thing - I'll have to see what I can figure out about that. Is there a tool out there that checks your scsi bus for termination? SCSI probe 5.1.1 doesn't say anything is wrong. And just to be clear on this SCSI chain termination, is it correct that the only device that should be terminated is the one that's physically (as opposed to numerically) at the end of the SCSI chain? Ok, so assuming that my internal SCSI chain was a problem, I tried on an external drive. Same problem. So I used another machine (a beige G3) to install OSX on the external (no problems), moved it back to theS900, and tried using XPostFacto to boot off of it. Black screen. This could likely be my video card, a Vision 3D made by ForMac.com (who basically said, "we don't know if it'll work or not"). Is there a list somewhere of video cards that DO work? I'll be going by the local Goodwill computer store on Tuesday, so I can search the bins. Thanks in advance for any clues. -- Bill Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Green Homes For Sale/Lease: http://www.greenbuilder.com/realestate/ Green Building Pro Directory: http://directory.greenbuilder.com/ Sustainable Bldg Calendar: http://www.greenbuilder.com/calendar/ Sustainable Bldg Bookstore: http://www.greenbuilder.com/bookstore International Strawbale Registry: http://sbregistry.greenbuilder.com -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
