I did the C-O-D-A and the S900 was still determined to boot from the hard drive.
I mentioned before that it wouldn't mount CDs without the CD-ROM toolkit extension (which I accidentally deleted when I deleted the previous system folder, not realising it would be in THAT folder). It's a Panasonic CR-508 drive. I never realised until now how much of a pain not having an Apple OEM device can be. What's CUDA? Where on the motherboard is it? BTW. Thanks for your response thus far. It's encouraging. --- Pastor Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 01:29 PM, > JennaSaige Lefae wrote: > > > And since I don't have an OEM CD-ROM drive, I feel > > like my computer's a 28 lb doorstop. > > > > Did my stupidity just cost me a really decent > > computer? > > > > Any input would be great. > > All hope is not lost. The collective wisdom here > will get you through > the darkness of the moment... > > Can you restart with the 9.1 CD using the Vulcan > Death Grip? (SODA: > Shift-Option-Delete-Apple) This combo forces a poll > of the SCSI bus > for a bootable system folder. A retail version of > the OS 9.1 disk (NOT > a copy for a specific model) will generically boot > on a non-Apple SCSI > CD-ROM drive. Some folks think a System Restore > disk for an iMac or > PowerBook will boot and they will not boot any other > machine (at least > in my experience). > > The same trick works if you can choose the CD in the > Startup Disk > control panel with the above caveat. > > Also make sure the hacks you made to the Apple > driver are correct. > Open it up again in ResEdit and go to the specified > hex values and > compare values. Working with that code can be > tedious. I sweated > bullets the first time I hacked the CD driver and > saw that when I > deleted a value everything collapsed two spaces. > The ResExcellence > article provided a good visual to ensure what one > should see before and > after. > > Another item: Possibly the PRAM could have soiled > itself. Press the > CUDA button on the motherboard for a good 15 or so > seconds. This is > invariably one of the standard voodoo practices one > should know when > troubleshooting a Umax box. Innumerable cures for a > variety of > maladies have been found all due to a simple press > of the CUDA. Why? > That's in the hands of (insert deity of choice) but > beyond our rational > grasp. > > Others will have additional suggestions. > > Pax, > > Pastor Mac > On OS X > > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > ===== "Tomboys don't wear pink.." -jal __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
