Re: CF Card Corruption (was Invalid Node Structure)
I want to append another question to my original quandary and am repeating said original for the sake of clarity: Faced with the Invalid Node Structure warning, I pulled a 1GB Compact Flash card from my camera, slipped it into a PC card, formatted it for Mac OS, and backed up my dying HD to the CF card. So far no problem. Then I installed OS 8.6 onto the CF card, chose it as the startup disk, unplugged the dying HD, and restarted. No problem. My 1400 booted up silently from the CF card. Nice. I then shut it down, re-plugged the HD, restarted, and copied some desktop items and some extensions from the dying HD into the system on the CF card and shut it down again. I unplugged the HD and restarted. Nothing but a grinning happy Mac! I hit the reset button and tried to startup from my recovery disk. Nothing but a goofily grinning happy Mac forever. It wasn't until I popped out the PC card containing the CF card that I was able to boot the 1400 up with the boot disk. It even starts up from the dying HD, but only without the CF card inserted. But, and here's the rub, whenever I push the CF card into the slot: nothing. I can't get it to be recognized by the 1400 at all, either before a startup (happy Mac just grins at me) or after (Cannot use disk 'Flash Drive' because a system error has occurred -- no icon on the desktop.) I took the CF card to my iMac, plugged it into my USB card reader and the icon never appeared on that desktop either; although, when I pulled the card out of the reader I got a dialog box saying I hadn't properly put the item away. How could I? It never appeared on the desktop. Last resort: I plugged the card back into my camera and tried to reformat it there. Card Error. Can't reformat. So, I have a 1GB CF card that is unrecognizable by two different computers and one camera. Any suggestions as to how I can revive this sucker? My appended question: Furthermore, does anyone have any idea as to what happened to that CF card to make it unrecognizable? I'd hate to fry another one! -Bill -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto: Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: CF Card Corruption (was Invalid Node Structure)
Just formatting it won't make it work on the mac--you need to run DriveSetup to get it to be usable as a device, especially if you want to boot from it. (I'm using a 256meg unit in my 5300c as a startup device--I'll go to 1 gig soon as I see a rebate on a CF--those things can be costly! :) ) Re: using it in your camera again, there's some master header blocks--forget what they're called--that got wiped when you formatted the CF on the Mac. Put the CF into a PC if one is available and do a device format there--it should work again in your camera. Later.Howard Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular problem. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto: Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
CF Card Corruption (was Invalid Node Structure)
Gurus. Faced with the Invalid Node Structure warning, I pulled a 1GB Compact Flash card from my camera, slipped it into a PC card, formatted it for Mac OS, and backed up my dying HD to the CF card. So far no problem. Then I installed OS 8.6 onto the CF card, chose it as the startup disk, unplugged the dying HD, and restarted. No problem. My 1400 booted up silently from the CF card. Nice. I then shut it down, re-plugged the HD, restarted, and copied some desktop items and some extensions from the dying HD into the system on the CF card and shut it down again. I unplugged the HD and restarted. Nothing but a grinning happy Mac! I hit the reset button and tried to startup from my recovery disk. Nothing but a goofily grinning happy Mac forever. It wasn't until I popped out the PC card containing the CF card that I was able to boot the 1400 up with the boot disk. It even starts up from the dying HD, but only without the CF card inserted. But, and here's the rub, whenever I push the CF card into the slot: nothing. I can't get it to be recognized by the 1400 at all, either before a startup (happy Mac just grins at me) or after (Cannot use disk 'Flash Drive' because a system error has occurred -- no icon on the desktop.) I took the CF card to my iMac, plugged it into my USB card reader and the icon never appeared on that desktop either; although, when I pulled the card out of the reader I got a dialog box saying I hadn't properly put the item away. How could I? It never appeared on the desktop. Last resort: I plugged the card back into my camera and tried to reformat it there. Card Error. Can't reformat. So, I have a 1GB CF card that is unrecognizable by two different computers and one camera. Any suggestions as to how I can revive this sucker? -Bill -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto: Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
