I cannot get my Beige G3 Desktop on System 9.2.2 to boot from my external FW device, even though I set up an initial 7GB OS 9 System Partition using Apple Partition Map. The Drive Setup on my Beige shows the FW device as "unsupported", which I figured was true for the Drive Setup program, not necessarily true for the OS, since the drive and partitions mount and function fine on my desktop.
My goal is to be able to boot from an external HD that I can specify with Startup Disk or on startup via key command . Startup Disk sees the FW System folder and I set the FW drive as boot, but the system reverts to only the ATA internal drive to boot no matter what I do. What am I missing? The command+option+shift+del key command on startup does not give a different result. So I'm figuring that it's a hardware thing and the FW device just doesn't get recognized as a boot-able device even though it functions fine as an external HD. What are my options to get an external HD boot device? I have an internal zip drive but I need more than the 250MB device storage limit for the System 9.2.2, folder and I have limited trust in 250 zip disks these days anyway. Perhaps SCSI?...but there's not many SCSI external enclosures left out there. I haven't gotten USB to work yet in this one, despite trying three different OHCI-compliant cards...but does USB offer a possibility if I can somehow get it to work? Ideas and suggestions, please -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
