About [q]Performa 636 & MacOS 8.1, at 22:11pm -0800 on 2/13/04, Russ Gibson stated:
> Hi all. > > I have a Performa 636 who's hard disk failed (finally). It had OS 7.5.3 on > it. I replaced it with the smallest IDE drive I had - a 13 GB Quantum > Fireball, but OS 7.5.x wouldn't initialize the drive successfully. That's for sure. > I just received a copy of MacOS 8.1, and I booted the CD and initialized the > drive and installed 8.1 onto a single standard 13 GB partition (the notes on > the CD say that 68k based Mac's can't start from a HFS+ partition). But did you try the option to partition the bigger drive? I always did that with my P630. I believe the articles pretty much supported smaller partitions. > When I remove the CD and reboot, I get a ? Mac - it can't find anything to > boot from. Does anybody have any ideas what I am doing wrong, or can point > me in the direction of what to do? Well there always the P-RAM zap and desktop rebuild (do it with the extensions off). Even if it doesn't work it makes you feel better for trying! What other diagnostics have you tried? Check all connections, and the leetle tiny PRAM battery? Here's what my Performa 630 series pdf says: System Troubleshooting Flashing "?" appears at startup in system with vacant PDS and communication slots 1 Diagnose hard drive with Disk First Aid included on Power Macintosh CD-ROM. 2 Perform repairs and then go to step 4. 3 If repairs are impossible, back up drive, reformat with Drive Setup 1.0.3, and then go to step 4. 4 Update driver using Drive Setup 1.0.3. 5 Perform clean install Menu bar constantly flashes or system constantly beeps 1 Verify that front panel control buttons are not jammed. 2 Reseat drive bezel and front panel control board. (I can send the whole thing if you want.) -- HTH, Paul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Quadlist 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> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
