At 13:41 +0000 11/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I recently picked up a IIci on Ebay which is working great. >From my old Mac IIcx, which doesn't work, I have an internal and external hard >drive. When hooking up the external drive to the IIci, it looks like it's >trying to boot from the external drive, could this be because it may have a >higher SCSI ID than the IIci's internal drive? Should I try to reset the >internal drives SCSI jumpers to a higher ID? I don't know what the external >drive is set to (old CAi external w/software scsi control). >Can I put my old IIcx internal drive in the IIci and boot from it? I wasn't >sure if the two machines are close enough for System 7 to be able to run >properly?
The classic standard was to boot from the SCSI ID saved in the PRAM, probably by the startup disk control panel. If that fails due to a bad or incompatible disk the SCSI chain is searched downward from SCSI 6 looking for a system folder with finder and system in it. Is the PRAM battery OK? If the boot succeeds from anywhere can you use the startup disk control panel? Of course the drives MUST have different IDs, ID7 is the computer itself. If the external is "software controlled" perhaps it is set to zero by default. It really doesn't hurt to - carefully - plug in an external SCSI after boot. Just don't short a pin to ground and blow the terminator power fuse. SCSI Probe is a piece of software you should have. To temporarily kill a system folder on a disk make a new folder named FinderKiller inside of the system folder and move Finder into it. -- -->The Creator is the God who provided the void and the rules that matter and energy must live by in order to exist in it. Intelligent designers and engineers create useful stuff while abiding by the rules.<-- -- 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
