FacnyFreddy
Well-known member
So I got my trusty mSATA to IDE adapter installed and it took some acrobatics to get the Disk Tools from OS 8.1 to get recognized by my Powerbook.
Here is the setup
I put the floppy in the drive
I power up, get to the grey screen, mouse moves and trackpad works
But, it never seeks the floppy.
So, I reboot with Cntr-Option-N-V (reset NVram) and then the next boot, it sees the floppy and goes into DiskTools.
I partitioned and formatted the drive.
Ejected the diskette
Rebooted
Grey screen with mouse again.
There is no PRAM battery installed and there is no battery in the bay. Just the wall jack.
Thoughts? Its not dead, just, goes into a "zombie" state.
Here is the setup
I put the floppy in the drive
I power up, get to the grey screen, mouse moves and trackpad works
But, it never seeks the floppy.
So, I reboot with Cntr-Option-N-V (reset NVram) and then the next boot, it sees the floppy and goes into DiskTools.
I partitioned and formatted the drive.
Ejected the diskette
Rebooted
Grey screen with mouse again.
There is no PRAM battery installed and there is no battery in the bay. Just the wall jack.
Thoughts? Its not dead, just, goes into a "zombie" state.