thanks, Jeff. I just downloaded Lido 7.56 now. I used it a long time ago to make an IBM drive work on an LC 520 - early adventures in MacLand. I will try to save the data on the Rodime. I'm using a small grayscale monitor, but don't have a purpose for the IIx yet. Also have an Asante nubus ethernet card. Best George
--- "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi, > >Can't get it to boot, there are two partitions. The > >Rodime utility SW I'm using shows the partitions, > but > >will not allow a back up (reformating in choice of > >MFS(?), HFS, A/UX, MSDOS or 'other'. > >I would like to save the SW on the HDD. Now only > >booting with the 1.4 MB Floppy drive and > SuperBooter > >floppy with 7.5 on it. Maybe the system SW on the > HDD > >(I don't know what it is) can't recognize the Ram > (too > >much of it, and you need Mode Enabler or similar to > >use more than 8 MB). > >Thanks > >George > > The first partition must have a bootable sector with > a good system > folder. If it doesn't boot, it may not have always > been in the IIx and > is looking for a driver not compatible with your > IIx. > > You may be able to replace the hard disk driver with > a Lido 7.56 formatter > or other formatter and make it "mount" to the > desktop without needing to erase > the disk. > > If you have another drive and a split drive cable > and power cable from a > Quadra 950 or a Centris 610 or PowerMac 6100, and > you set the jumpers so > that the Rodime is, say SCSI I.D. 2,3,4,5,6 and set > the second drive at > SCSI I.D. zero, > you will be able to copy the Rodime onto the other > drive, using the other drive > to boot with. > > Jeff > > ===== "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself." Quoted from St Luke, 10:27. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
