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SSD + CDROM weirdness under OS X on Wallstreet II

avadondragon

Well-known member
It took me forever to track down what was going on and I still don't understand why it is happening but...

I am using one of those super cheap mSATA to IDE adapters and I had a hell of a time getting OS X to install on the new SSD.  It runs SOOO slow.  Install took about 8 hours and it took so long to boot I thought it wasn't going to.    Under OS 9 it seems to have no problem.  I ran some benchmarks under SO 9 and the SSD was wicked fast.  There is some sort of bizarre interaction going on between the SSD and the CDROM drive under OS X though.  With my old HDD OS X works fine with the CDROM drive installed.  I pull the CDROM leaving my SSD installed and OS X works fine too.  Just thought I would share my experience in case anyone else runs into this weird problem.  Any ideas what could cause this behavior??

 
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