( A.S. I'm a newbie with Macs. I actually bought some Macs in the last year to put NetBSD on them for a OS compilerfarm. But believe me, I *am* trying to understand MacOS :-) The IIci requires MacOS, so I boot through MacOS to get to BSD. The other Mac is a PMac 4400 running NetBSD. I'd be happy to answer 68k NetBSD questions, but keep in mind I only started about half an year ago. )
I've two questions: 1. Currently, when I boot my IIci with an external HD attached, the icon for the external SCSI disc doesn't show up. The disc has a large 2 GB Hfs partition, nothing else, SCSI IDs aren't changed, and the disc works fine connected to the PMac (both underMacOS as hfsutil) I think I know the cause, I had a problem with my DayStar accel(using powercentral made booting NetBSD impossible), and tried to remove its software as a MacOS nitwit. I probably removed something I shouldn't have :-) I already tried to install a minimal 7.5.5 over it, but that didn't help. 2. Same IIci, same 2Gb external SCSI but before the above problems arose; It refuses to boot from that external SCSI :-) It did before, but then the system disc was a 200 MB partition, not the whole disc. The NetBSD docs mention that the booter has a problem with booting partitions that extend the first so-and-so much MBs. (+/- 300 MB IIRC). Does that also apply to MacOS? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
