> > 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.
No. I do have a patched apple HD setup though. But since I have to swap discs (the internal IIci disc to the external cabinet to put some stuff on the IIci, I'll try that) > > 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 don't have a working floppy I'm afraid. Till know I fixed that by attaching a second disc, which I prepared using a PMac. But recently I've traded my old Performa 5200 for a PMac 4400, which can run NetBSD. Problem is that it is somewhat hard to dual boot the pmac between MacOS and NetBSD on that system (since it can't boot from the sec. controller), so preparing a new, clean disc is sowewhat hard. > Installing another system over another system, unless you really mean to > upgrade, is considered bad mojo. I already considered the installation dead, and to me it is more a bootloader anyway. But a mandatory one :-) > > 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. I have had this problem, so it isn't old news I'm afraid. I also have 1.5.2 same versions, and I had to adjust. I took the newest Booter and mkfs versions. There is more to that, see also http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-mac68k/2002/05/29/0000.html ---- But coming back to the booting MacOS from external SCSI, since I left out some data; - the whole-disc 2GB partition was created using MacOS 8.0 on a Perf5200 (by letting it initialise). - For smaller HDs this worked. (inited by MacOS 8.0 I mean). I can't remember if I created the smaller partition on the same disc with 8.0 or on the IIci with 7.5.5 ----- To both responding posters: Thanks for your swift response. I've a day off tomorrow, and now I can try some things. -- 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
