I took a good image that I have used in basilisk and vmac and "wrote" it to the drive using a disk utility. Something must have been lost in the translation.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 2:28 PM Subject: Re: newbie > What do you mean when you say it "has a image on it w/ system 7.3 or > something like that"? > > What, literally, is on the external drive? Does it have the > diskimage copied to it? (that won't work). Or did you (or someone > else) take the diskimage and install it to the hard drive? (that > should work). > > The SCSI chain may not be terminated properly with the internal drive > totally unplugged. Try plugging the ribbon cable back into the > internal HD, but not the power cord. That should terminate the chain > but the internal drive won't actually spin up and cause problems. > > > > At 1:33 PM -0400 5/5/05, Eric & Amy wrote: > >Ok i have my external SCSI drive formatted and it has a image on it w/ > >system 7.3 or something like that. > >I disconnected the bad internal one and fired it up. > >but instead of the blinking disk w/ the question mark on it, > >now i get nothing. > > > > > > > >-- > >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> > > --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > >iPod Accessories for Less > >at 1-800-iPOD.COM > >Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > >www.1800ipod.com > > > -- > Allan Hunter > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://members.bellatlantic.net/~adhdah/FmPro/fmdevindex.html > > -- > 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> > --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com -- 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> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
