hitherescotty
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Hi all. I'm new here.
I have a Mac SE FDHD that used to boot from the internal HDD. Sometimes. It was getting flaky. So I purchased a SCSI2SD v5.1 and connected it and applied some disk images from savagetaylor's blog using dd to no avail. The SCSI2SD lights up, is being fed power (have tried MicroUSB, Molex -> Floppy, and just the SCSI 50pinF cable), but the Mac acts like it's not there. Just sits at the image of a floppy with a blinking "?" Using the same image works for Basilisk II so I know it's a good image.
I tried the original HDD and can't get that to boot now either. It was already flaky.
So I tried some 1.44mb boot floppies instead. I tried 3 different images. The mechanism seems solid, the disk goes in, reads for a second, then I get an image of a disk with an "X" on it and the disk ejects itself. It says FDHD on the case of the Mac so I assume I am using the right kind of floppies..
The only thing I can think of is that maybe this has something to do with the internal battery? I have never replaced it. Or maybe the SCSI ribbon is bad? But this should haven nothing to do with the floppy not working either. Other than these I have no idea. Could use advice.
I have a Mac SE FDHD that used to boot from the internal HDD. Sometimes. It was getting flaky. So I purchased a SCSI2SD v5.1 and connected it and applied some disk images from savagetaylor's blog using dd to no avail. The SCSI2SD lights up, is being fed power (have tried MicroUSB, Molex -> Floppy, and just the SCSI 50pinF cable), but the Mac acts like it's not there. Just sits at the image of a floppy with a blinking "?" Using the same image works for Basilisk II so I know it's a good image.
I tried the original HDD and can't get that to boot now either. It was already flaky.
So I tried some 1.44mb boot floppies instead. I tried 3 different images. The mechanism seems solid, the disk goes in, reads for a second, then I get an image of a disk with an "X" on it and the disk ejects itself. It says FDHD on the case of the Mac so I assume I am using the right kind of floppies..
The only thing I can think of is that maybe this has something to do with the internal battery? I have never replaced it. Or maybe the SCSI ribbon is bad? But this should haven nothing to do with the floppy not working either. Other than these I have no idea. Could use advice.