KnobsNSwitches
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I have a PowerBook 2400c that is happiest running 8.1.
I have a CF card and a PCMCIA adapter to move files between newer systems and this. I can have the system folder for 8.1 on either the internal drive or the CF card, no problem. CF card is formatted HFS+.
For fun, I'd like to get it updated to 8.5 (you know, more PPC native code and all that).
Installing 8.5 (update or clean install) will work, but throw a blank bomb error on boot off the CF card. It will then eject the card and refuse to attempt to boot off of it.
If I install 8.5 on the internal drive it will boot normally, but I can't copy files from the drive to the CF card -- anything over a kilobyte or two will freeze everything. The card is an 8 GB SanDisk, the PCMCIA adapter is a generic one from amazon. This copy behavior also exists if I install Mac OS 9 (or 9.1, haven't tried 9.2). I'd prefer to stick with 8.5 or so.
I've tried various combinations of extensions on, off, etc, and I just can't figure out what is going on. I've also tried not updating the apple hard disk drivers when installing operating systems, etc.
Does this ring a bell for any one else? Am I missing anything? Any reason copying or read/write behavior would change?
I have a CF card and a PCMCIA adapter to move files between newer systems and this. I can have the system folder for 8.1 on either the internal drive or the CF card, no problem. CF card is formatted HFS+.
For fun, I'd like to get it updated to 8.5 (you know, more PPC native code and all that).
Installing 8.5 (update or clean install) will work, but throw a blank bomb error on boot off the CF card. It will then eject the card and refuse to attempt to boot off of it.
If I install 8.5 on the internal drive it will boot normally, but I can't copy files from the drive to the CF card -- anything over a kilobyte or two will freeze everything. The card is an 8 GB SanDisk, the PCMCIA adapter is a generic one from amazon. This copy behavior also exists if I install Mac OS 9 (or 9.1, haven't tried 9.2). I'd prefer to stick with 8.5 or so.
I've tried various combinations of extensions on, off, etc, and I just can't figure out what is going on. I've also tried not updating the apple hard disk drivers when installing operating systems, etc.
Does this ring a bell for any one else? Am I missing anything? Any reason copying or read/write behavior would change?