on 9/10/02 3:43 PM, Richard Skipp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That was then, this morning however OS X would not boot. I started up in 9.1 > and using the Startup disk control panel selected the external drive with OS > X but had no luck. I removed the E 100 card and disconnected the 4.5 GB UW > drive and tried again without success. I tried Command/Option/control > �delete at start up hoping to force start on the external SCSI bus but came > up with the blinking question mark.
You have to use XPostFacto to boot into your OS X volume, never use the Startup Disk CP in OS 9. You'll now have to pull your PRAM battery for ten, or so minutes to get back to normal. I think it's something to do with the NVRAM getting corrupted, and I don't think a simple zap of PRAM will suffice. Pulling the battery is the recommended cure as I recall. You can, of course use the Startup Pref Pane to go from OS X into an OS 9 volume, but not visa versa. XPFacto has to load it's files each and every time to allow the legacy Macs to boot successfully into X. Unfortunately the E100 card is completely useless under OS X. I packed mine away and got a FireWire card to run an external burner. Lots of sacrifices when dealing with X on an old machine, like the Pioneer CDROM, which I also have. I also have 272 mb's RAM, and it's not really enough for X I'm thinking. -Howie -- 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
