I hadn't considered that a different brand of card would make a
difference. CompUSA had 128 MB SanDisk (a pretty reliable brand) CF cards
for $39.95 after rebate, so I bought one. I guess I can use it in my
digital camera if it won't work as a boot disk. I might check at
newegg.com and
I was able to create a boot disk on a 16mb CF card, though I did CHEAT. I
used the system off of a MacOS 8.1 Disk Tools, which is a great way to
create a small and fast starting emergency boot disk.
I think I was able to create a bootable CF using a minimal 8.5 install,
can't remember for
Brian,
Thank you for your reply. I'm hoping others reply to this thread, as I know you and I
aren't the only ones who have tried this! :-)
I've tried multiple boots and restarts. Bus error every single time. FWIW, I am
using a SanDisk 128 MB CF card and a SanDisk CF-PCMCIA adapter.
The
From: Symbol Representative [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Using a CF card to boot a PB 5300cs?
I had the same problem intermittently in trying to
do this, using 8.1 on a 5300c. The first few times
it went great, then I got the bus error you
described. What made it even worse was that I
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From: Symbol Representative [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 15:55:40 -0500
ubject: Re: Using a CF card to boot a PB 5300cs?
FWIW, ejecting the CF card during the restart allows
I've been attempting to configure a compact flash card as an emergency boot and repair
disk for my 5300cs.
I can successfully install the OS (8.1 in this case) and various utilities (incl.
Norton, Disk Warrior).
When I try to boot from the card, I first get the start of the boot sequence and
I've been attempting to configure a compact flash card as an emergency
boot and repair disk for my 5300cs.
I can successfully install the OS (8.1 in this case) and various utilities
(incl. Norton, Disk Warrior).
When I try to boot from the card, I first get the start of the boot
sequence and
I've been attempting to configure a compact flash card as an emergency
boot and repair disk for my 5300cs.
[...]
I'm booting a 1400 from CF with 8.1 just fine; Sandisk 64 meg w/ Sandisk PC
Card adapter. The goal was same as yours- get a Speed disk boot disk made
so I could defragment files.
Subject: Using a CF card to boot a PB 5300cs?
From: Robert Eye [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 02:05:14 -0500
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When I try to boot from the card, I first get the start of the boot sequen=
ce and the smiling MacOS screen and progress bar. I then get a
