Frank & Susan Malinowski9/21/01 5:27 [EMAIL PROTECTED][wrote]
>> System info: SM 4000MT w/G3, 160 MB RAM, OS 9.1, ATI card
>> jr wrote
>> If i read you correctly, you are running os 9.1, is that correct ?
>> Also you can boot from os 7.6 cd only, right/wrong ?
>> Again, you are running os 9.1, how did you get there if you don't
> have any os cds in between 7.6 and including 9.1 ?
>> Now, did you get to 9.1 without any HD driver updates ?
>> Frank & Susan wrote
>Yes, I went from 7.6.1 to 9.1 just about directly.
> original FWB, the new Apple CD/DVD, the patched Apple CD driver and
> Speedtools and Toast CD too. So I can run about any CD with one of them but
> booting up is another issue. I will try cleaning the head and I will set up
> a startup system from the Jaz disk but it still puzzles me why the disks
> will not boot and it works instantly off the original SM CD. Oh, I have 4
> partitions on my HD so I can use them for cross support and I have an
> external SCSI HD for emergencies. I kep wanting to simplify things and keep
> getting caught in configutration and support issues. Like I have VPC for OS
> 7.6.1 which I have not wanted to upgrade so I have that on one partition.
> And I want a good backup plan and got Retrospect yeaterday. It would be
> nice to have one CD/DVD/CDRW and one HD and have a simple flawless life but
> just haven't figured it out yet.
> Oh, I have a third CD, a 24XSCSI I could also add but then the driver
> issues get even worse and I need an IDE one to run some programs. Anyone
> have 3 (or more) CDs, what drivers do you use?
I suggest buy some OS cds. 8.0, 8.5 (free update to 8.6), 9.0 (free update
to 9.0.4), 9.1 download, but better to have cd.
Erase your disk and start over with 8.0
Upgade HD driver as you progess.
If your cd drive is a 3rd party drive, then after 8.0 is running you can
extract the cdrom driver ver. 5.3.1 from your 7.6 cd using Tome Viewer.
Or, if 5.3.1 is in your extension folder now, you could save it to floppy or
Zip. (disable any other cdrom drivers to avoid conflict).
Here's another thing to try, might save you all that trouble.
Get, somehow, Drive Setup and see if it will update the driver on your 9.1
HD. I don't think you should use the Drive Setup that's on your 7.6 cd.
Drive Setup will not let you initialize the boot disk, but it might let you
update the driver.
I have version 2.0.3 Drive Setup from my 9.1 cd.
Good luck.
jr
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