acard has not but xpf has ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SuperMacs List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [SM] bootable ATA HD
> > > > From: Gary Gorbet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 05:52:07 -0500 > > > > My S900 has a SIIG Ultra ATA/133 with a Maxtor 40 gig attached. It's > > been partition into two equally sized volumes with OS 10.2.6 on both, > > Classic on the second. It showed up immediately and > > initialized/partitioned with no problem. > > > > My problem is that I can only boot into X from OS 9 or another X by > > using XPF 3 and designating a helper disk. When I try XPF 2.2.5 or XPF > > 3 with no helper, the boot keeps flashing "no bootable HFS partition" > > and eventually boots back into 9. I've tried the ATA card in both > > slots 2 and 3. It is currently back in slot 3. I thought that the > > Acard's had no slot or first-8-gigs issues. > > > > As I say, I am successfully running OS X on this machine. My concern > > is that I am now dependent on a second drive (a 2 gigger on the > > internal narrow SCSI) and would be unable to boot should anything > > happen to that drive. Has anyone out there encountered this issue with > > ATA cards? I believe my HD is set up as Master and it is attached to > > the end of the cable. > > > > As far as I know the only ATA PCI card without slot issues in the UMAX > S900/J700 is the no longer available new Acard/ Sonnet ATA 66 card. > (these cards also don't have the first 8 gb issues. By the way it's > slot 1 or 2 with 1 being at the top of the machine. Slot 3 has issues > just like 4,5,& 6. So I'm surprised this slot is working with the card > at all. > Since your using XPFacto 3 I'm guessing your on the XPFacto forum list > as XPFacto isn't available to the public. On this forum several people > have talked about running into the first 8 GB issues with their > hardware setups using the Acard/ SGII. Shouldn't happen but it has for > several people. So I'm going to guess that could be the problem. > Reasons why only some people have the issues is unknown at this time. > Must be some sort of hardware combo issue. > You say you have two copies of OSX 10.2.6 on the same drive but > different partitions some people have found this causes problems on the > newer ATA cards. I see you also have classic on the second partition. > If you can boot from Classic into OS 9.x you should be able to use it > as you helper disk.If you can't boot from classic then something is > wrong there. That is how I have things set up. > Perhaps someone else knows more on the subject. Best of luck Will S > PS. using XPFacto 3 it is now possible to boot from OSX utilities to > repair drives etc. I've been able to do this with both Disk Warrior 3.0 > and Norton System 3 but not 2. It should also be possible to make a > custom boot disk using "boot cd" However i guess it's not all that > helpful since you would need the helper disk to boot cd's. > > > -- > SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
