Ah, I didn't know you could do that. Anyways, it sure sounds to me
like a case of the system folder being "unblessed", however, I really
have no idea how to "bless" it again...
Anyone know?
-Elliott Price
Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara
Graphic Design - Artwork Setup
Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites
On Oct 19, 2009, at 4:36 PM, M. Worgan, J. wrote:
> I connected SCSI from adapter (switched to SCSI not dock) to the
> back of Wallstreet to SCSI on back of Mac Classic. I turned on the
> Wallstreet, then turned on the Mac Classic and the Mac Classic hadr
> drive appeared on the Wallstreet screen. I clicked on the icon and
> it opened up to show the files on it. I did this to make the disk
> image and again to check to be sure I had not deleted the files in
> the process and they were all still there.
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Elliott Price
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> How exactly are you able to access the Classic HD from the
> Wallstreet via SCSI without the Classic being booted? Is it
> something akin to Target Disk Mode? I wasn't aware that older Macs
> had that capability. Are you sure you're accessing the HD and not
> the disk image on the Wallstreet? Perhaps your system file became
> "un-blessed" I've heard of this happening, but not sure how to fix
> it. Have you tried zapping the PRAM? Have you tried booting off a
> floppy?
>
>
> -Elliott Price
> Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara
> Graphic Design - Artwork Setup
> Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites
>
> On Oct 19, 2009, at 4:22 PM, M. Worgan, J. wrote:
>
>> It spins fine. I hooked it back to Wallstreet via SCSI
>> to see if all the files weres till there or if I had accidently
>> removed them in the process and they are still on the spinning hard
>> drive.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM, D. Finnigan <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:30:41 -0700 (PDT), jworgan
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I used a Wallstreet connected to SCSI port of Mac Classic, made a
>> disk
>> > image of the hard drive and now the Mac Classic will not boot off
>> its
>> > own hard drive I just get the disk with the flashing "?". What
>> do I
>> > do to make the hard drive bootable by the Mac Classic?
>> >
>> > I have checked (via SCSI to Wallstreet) and all of the information
>> > appears to be still "intact" on the hard drive but obviously
>> something
>> > is wrong.
>>
>> Can you hear the hard drive spinning inside the Classic? It should
>> sound
>> like a quiet fan.
>>
>> If the HD is not spinning, chances are that there is something gummy
>> inside it. Leave the HD out in the sun, or under a heat lamp for
>> awhile, in
>> an attempt to loosen up whatever gunk is preventing the platters from
>> spinning.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
> >
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