If it's customary, then why does every e-mail client and service on the planet put the new message on top?
On 8/18/05, Kyle Koerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, sorry about the top-posting thing, i thought that it was > customary to post on the bottom (we had a big debate on this in the > iMac LEM list). Anyway, the deal with the hard drive is as follows. > I REMOVED the internal drive from the LC III, then I put it into an > external SCSI box. I connected the SCSI box to my LC 520. (I wanted > to copy files form one drive to the other). I turned OFF the LC 520, > but forgot to turn off the SCSI box that contained the LC III's > INTERNAL hard drive. > > Hopefully that is clear... I'm not sure how else to say it. > > Now, that was left on ALL WEEK, causing that drive to die. Now, the > LC III won't boot, even with another hard drive on the internal SCSI > cable. With an external SCSI drive, it boots fine. > > Kyle- > > On Aug 18, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Samual Acorn wrote: > > > ....top posting fixed? > > > > ok.. confused... how would leaving an external harddrive turned on > > keep the internal turned on... arent the power and data cables > > seperate?? if the internal was left spinning (powered) by the power > > supply in the external box and the scsi bus on this comp still works i > > would check the power cable... > > > > or... is it the external that is damaged from being left on for a > > week? (that -still- shouldnt have been a problem... the drive would > > have just sat idle) > > > > either you arent wording this correctly or i have completely jumped > > the tracks on this one cos i am lost... > > > > On 18/08/05, Kyle Koerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Aug 18, 2005, at 3:10 AM, Samual Acorn wrote: > >> > >> (top posting fixed) > >> > >> > >>> > >>> On 15/08/05, Kyle Koerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi All > >>>> I asked about networking my old LCs together a little while > >>>> earlier. > >>>> Well, now the LC III's hard drive died. I had it in an external > >>>> box > >>>> to copy some info to a Performa, and I accidently left it on for a > >>>> week straight. Anyway, now the LC III won't boot. I have put the > >>>> drive from my LC 520 (7.5.3) in the III, and it refuses to boot - > >>>> just the ? . However, if I put the good drive in an external SCSI > >>>> box, and then power on the LC with no internal drive, it will work > >>>> just fine. > >>>> > >>>> Any ideas would be much appreciated. > >>>> > >>>> Kyle- > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> > >>> bad internal cable? bad scsi termination? > >>> try zapping the pram and see what it does... option-apple-p-r on > >>> power > >>> up... (i think thats the right key-sequence) > >>> > >>> btw, left it on as in powered on? (that shouldnt have caused any > >>> problems) or left it on as in connected? (that shouldnt have > >>> either... but...) > >>> > >> > >> > >> Well, i tried the PRAM , that didn't help. 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