I appreciate all the interesting feedback on my 2300 "Quirks" queery I put out last week but I have a feeling that since my sad mac doesn't occur at every startup (in fact it seems to only occur after an extended shutdown) I may have a problem with a sluggish hard drive motor. It normally spins up about 20 sec. after pushing the power key and I haven't caught it not spinning up coincident with the sad mac yet. Eventually, I think I'm going to see the sad mac along with the HD not starting at the normal time. Each time this sad mac sympton occured in the past, it re-started just fine after shutting down with the reset key. With all that, I'm thinking about acquiring a replacement HD somewhere & proactively replacing it before it finally goes tango uniform on me. I'm fully backed on 5 Zip discs. Will I be able to rebuild my new HD files using only them plus my startup floppy? Any suggestions on where to get a replacement 1.2 gig drive? I've got some instructions from Kim Brennan's site on opening it up & am fairly experienced with this type of work. Suggestions? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > FYI, I was able to do this as well. However, I discovered that all I may have > needed to do was re-bless the system folder. This after I ran Norton Utilities > 5.x. This was with respect to a "this OS cannot be used to startup this > Macintosh" message, not a sad Mac code. > > Frank Cornew wrote: > > > Bob: > > > > I was able to mount the drive in SCSI > > disc mode via the minidock and another mac, or was able to boot via the HD > > in the dock via the cmd-sh-opt-del power on combination to skip the normal > > boot volume. Reinstalled drivers, clean install OS8.6, conflict catcher > > reconciliation between old & new sys folders and all is well. > > ---------- > Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! > A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. > FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> > Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> > > XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! > Dr. Bott | Now $199.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> > > PowerBook Guy is | Click here! > Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com > > Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> > After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ > > MacResQ Reader Specials: 2.5GB Seagate SCSI: $119, 4GB IBM SCSI: $199, > Norton Util. 4.0: $29, Mac Parts, Systems & Repairs <http://www.macresq.com> > > ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Now $199.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Reader Specials: 2.5GB Seagate SCSI: $119, 4GB IBM SCSI: $199, Norton Util. 4.0: $29, Mac Parts, Systems & Repairs <http://www.macresq.com>
