H...
Uh, i don't want to sound totally stupid. Firstly, i want to thank everyone
who contributed suggestions for solutions to the problem i've been having
with my external scsi2 drive. I have tried them all and my IIci still wants
to boot from the external drive. No matter what i do. I've
At 01:10 +0100 on 04/11/01, Jair-Rôhm wrote:
What could be going on here?
AH! You must have Gregg's old IIci that he got rid of :)
Seriously, try putting the internal drive in an external case. Might be a
weird SCSI problem with that drive.
What happens if you remove the internal
Could this be a matter of drive's speed? May be, the internal HD spins at
5400 rpm while the external-one at 7200 rpm, both configured to
auto-start?
Steff
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H...
I have tried them all and my IIci still wants
to boot from the external drive. No matter what i do. I've
Steff wrote:
Could this be a matter of drive's speed? May be, the internal HD spins at
5400 rpm while the external-one at 7200 rpm, both configured to
auto-start?
That wouldn't cause the problem. I've got a 7200 RPM Seagate drive
in my IIci right now. I can hook an older 110 Meg (I forgot
I once had a IIci that it didn't matter what I did
with Startup Disk and PRAM zapping, it insisted on
starting up from any drive but SCSI ID #0 if it was
bootable. I had to hold Command Option Shift Delete 0
to force it to boot from the internal drive.
SCSI voodoo... I solved something like that
--- Marten van de Kraats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I once had a IIci that it didn't matter what I did
with Startup Disk and PRAM zapping, it insisted on
starting up from any drive but SCSI ID #0 if it was
bootable. I had to hold Command Option Shift Delete
0
to force it to boot from the
High;
I have a Mac2ci running os 7.5.3 that i am trying to connect a scsi2
external drive to. The problem is that the Mac tries to boot from the (non
bootable) external drive. How do i get the Mac to recognise the drive and
boot from the internal harddisk?
Thanks;
JPW
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-Original Message-
From: Jair-Rohm Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:57 AM
Subject: mac2ci scsi
High;
I have a Mac2ci running os 7.5.3 that i am trying to connect a scsi2
external drive to. The problem is that the Mac tries
