When you startup an LCIII, and get an error message (Type 28), what does
that mean?
Background:
I have an LCIII that is maxed out in RAM and has a 270MB drive. It has been
sitting in storage for a bit. I set it up yesterday and it booted fine,
although it appears that the PRAM battery is dead because it thinks it is
1956. That aside, I tried connecting SCSI devices as I wish to use this
machine as a backup server for my other Macs. I could successfully connect
a SyQuest 230MB removable, my APS tape backup drive, and another external
hard drive. When I tried connecting my external 4X CD-Rom drive---by
itself, not with other SCSI devices (that used to be always connected to
this Mac), the Mac would not startup and would show the Type 28 error code.
I even tried re-installing FWB CD-Rom Toolkit and got the same results
(though it just said System error and did not give me the code).
The Mac is running Sys 7.5.3. If I boot with extensions off (as suggested
in the manual that came with this drive), it starts up fine. Per this
manual, "A successful startup with Extensions disabled" will confirm that
your hardware is cabled correctly."
I ran a conflict test with Conflict Catcher 8.03, and was told that "it
might be in the files you locked on at the start of the test" -- which were
just the CDRom Toolkit files.
(1) Is the type 28 error code at all related to the dead PRAM battery?
(2) If not, what are my options for getting the CD-Rom drive connected to
this Mac?
(3) Would a clean system install be a way to try to troubleshoot what is
happening here?
Thanks much for any help that you can provide.
Regards,
Chelley
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