My LCIII's usually work fine without a PRAM battery, so the drive issue might not be related to the lack of a PRAM battery! Check the connection between the logic board and the hard drive; also, see if the drive itself makes some noises as you turn the computer on - if it is the original drive, it might not work properly anymore...
Try booting with the Disk Tools floppy (from the 7.1 installation, for instance) and running Disk First Aid. If it detects the drive, it could be a file corruption issue. If not, it might worse than that, and your best bet is getting a new SCSI disk for your LC. Good luck with that! ;) MM On Apr 16, 2:18 pm, reusenkne...@online.de wrote: > Hmm, usually not. But you can try a startup with the cmd.-opt.-R-P down to > restore the PRAM. > > >Ok I put a fresh PRAM battery in but it still won't boot onto the hard > >disk. Is there a boot command that I need to use? > > >On Apr 15, 3:08 pm, WhyOSX <phil.desa...@online.de> wrote: > >> Go get a fresh battery and spend a 7.1 to this machine (or a 7.5.5). > >> Good luck ! > >> Lars > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/