> 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)
William already suggested Mt. Everything which would be my first guess to see if the drive is okay, also. If you have Drive Setup there, I'd fire that up and make sure the drive's automount flags are also set, and check that the partitions are okay, including the driver. > 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. Try blasting the MacOS partition from a boot floppy and re-installing a minimal System. I prefer 7.1 for this, though obviously it's not free for download (I'm lucky to have a real retail box of 7.1 install floppies). Installing another system over another system, unless you really mean to upgrade, is considered bad mojo. > 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? You mean the FAQ? That's very old news. My NetBSD partition is almost 2GB in size and has no problem starting up from the Booter. I'm running 1.5.2 and 1.11g (I think, have to check) of the Booter app. -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The reader this message encounters not failing to understand is cursed. ---- -- 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
