This sounds to me like SCSI termination problems. If you can boot the machine from an external drive, try running one of the SCSI utilities (like SCSI probe or the like) to diagnose your internal SCSI bus.
It is possible that with all your 'moving things around', you knocked a termination resistor or jumper loose on your system drive. In the configuration you described, the system drive (SCSI ID=5) MUST be terminated. -DWass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just acquired a S900 and am having all sorts of issues trying to get > it to boot up. I had OS 8.6 on one drive and all was good. I later had > to move a few things around inside the computer and when I hooked > everything back up, I got a flashing "?". The system won't even boot to > the cd rom, that had to be unplugged as well. I am positive that at > least the cd rom was correctly reconnected. As far as the system drive > is concerned, no matter what position on the scsi chain I place it, the > system will not boot. I can only get the computer to start if I boot up > from an external CD ROM. Furthermore, when I do boot up and reformat > the drive (have done several times;low level), when I restart the > computer, it won't recognize it! Not only that, but it has to be > reinitialized. I have tried two different drives and both act the same > way. > > My big question is where on the scsi chain should the boot drive > reside? Right now CD ROM is where it always was with the first plug on > the cable and the scsi id is "3". the system drive is at the end of the > chain and has an id of "5". Does all this mean anything. I had the > system running where it is now, but since I opened the computer up, > nothing works. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
