I am having a crazy time trying to set up a IIci. First I tried the external SCSI - with three different drives, in combination with three different cables, on every possible combination of jumper settings. I have tried two different CDRs, one of 7.5.3 and one of 7.6.1. The 7.6.1 image I can confirm is bootable because I did boot my 8600 from it, using one of these same CD-ROMs (all Apple BTW, a 300 and two 600i).
So... the IIci does boot from it's teeny 200MB internal hard drive. It says it's device 0. So I removed the hard drive and replace it with a known good CD-ROM drive using a known good image, set to device 0 and I still can't get it to boot. I tried every combination of ID, parity, and termination. Booting with the "c" key, of course.
One possible problem is the System 7 gap in my experience. I have set up quite a few 6, 8, and 9 systems, but never 7 before. So it's entirely possible that there is some obvious SCSI or OS 7 quirk which I am simply not aware of. I kind of hope so, because otherwise... I have no idea. I thought this install would be easy, but so far I've wasted lots of time, and it seems impossible. Any suggestions? I'd be grateful!
So... the IIci does boot from it's teeny 200MB internal hard drive. It says it's device 0. So I removed the hard drive and replace it with a known good CD-ROM drive using a known good image, set to device 0 and I still can't get it to boot. I tried every combination of ID, parity, and termination. Booting with the "c" key, of course.
One possible problem is the System 7 gap in my experience. I have set up quite a few 6, 8, and 9 systems, but never 7 before. So it's entirely possible that there is some obvious SCSI or OS 7 quirk which I am simply not aware of. I kind of hope so, because otherwise... I have no idea. I thought this install would be easy, but so far I've wasted lots of time, and it seems impossible. Any suggestions? I'd be grateful!