ian1035nr
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Howdy, everyone
I’ve got a PowerBook 170 equipped with a 2.5”, V5.0 SCSI2SD drive that tends to misbehave after a system crash.
I don’t get crashes very often (only when I forget to turn off extensions that are known to cause problems) but when I do, the PowerBook will no longer boot off the SCSI2SD.
It sits at the floppy disk icon with a flashing question mark, and never finds a bootable system folder.
I did find a work around: If I boot off a floppy disk, the SCSI2SD is visible and the PowerBook will boot from it the next time I power on the laptop.
The whole thing is strange and I have no idea why it’s like this, it was never an issue with the HDD. I’d like to solve this so I don’t have to make sure I bring a bootable floppy with me every time I leave the house with my PowerBook. So if anyone has any ideas, I’m open to suggestions.
the PowerBook is running Mac OS 7.6.1 and it was a clean install I performed on the 8GB SD card that came with the SCSI2SD. I configured the card to limit the partition size to 1GB.
I’ve got a PowerBook 170 equipped with a 2.5”, V5.0 SCSI2SD drive that tends to misbehave after a system crash.
I don’t get crashes very often (only when I forget to turn off extensions that are known to cause problems) but when I do, the PowerBook will no longer boot off the SCSI2SD.
It sits at the floppy disk icon with a flashing question mark, and never finds a bootable system folder.
I did find a work around: If I boot off a floppy disk, the SCSI2SD is visible and the PowerBook will boot from it the next time I power on the laptop.
The whole thing is strange and I have no idea why it’s like this, it was never an issue with the HDD. I’d like to solve this so I don’t have to make sure I bring a bootable floppy with me every time I leave the house with my PowerBook. So if anyone has any ideas, I’m open to suggestions.
the PowerBook is running Mac OS 7.6.1 and it was a clean install I performed on the 8GB SD card that came with the SCSI2SD. I configured the card to limit the partition size to 1GB.