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problem booting SCSI 8.6 HD with 9.2
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I just bought a Quicksilver 800 PowerMac running 9.2 and OSX. I hooked up my old SCSI HD running 8.6 and it mounts fine in 9.2, but the machine won't boot from the SCSI 8.6 drive-- when I switch to it in the Startup Disk control panel and reboot, I get a blinking question mark folder for about 10 seconds, then the system boots the 9.2 disk instead. Any suggestions on how to boot the 8.6 SCSI drive?
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Originally posted by libratem:
<STRONG>I just bought a Quicksilver 800 PowerMac running 9.2 and OSX. I hooked up my old SCSI HD running 8.6 and it mounts fine in 9.2, but the machine won't boot from the SCSI 8.6 drive-- when I switch to it in the Startup Disk control panel and reboot, I get a blinking question mark folder for about 10 seconds, then the system boots the 9.2 disk instead. Any suggestions on how to boot the 8.6 SCSI drive?
thanks!</STRONG>
What SCSI card are you using? Your SCSI card might not have the "bootable" feature" which allow you to boot from the SCSI device ...
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I doubt you can boot from anything below 9.0 (maybe even 9.2!) on that machine.
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Originally posted by z0ne81:
<STRONG>I doubt you can boot from anything below 9.0 (maybe even 9.2!) on that machine.</STRONG>
The problem he is having is more likely to be hardware problem instead of software problem ...
[ 03-03-2002: Message edited by: Pikachu_G4e� ]
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Quite seriously, A Quicksilver is NOT going to boot system 8.2. All the documentation on those states that 9.2 is required. I don't think they'll even boot 9.1. My G4 450 AGP requires at least 9.0, and it's 2 years old, now.
Different architecture throughout from the machines they were making when 8.2 was new.
I'm sure if you install 9.2 on that drive, it'll boot fine.
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Originally posted by Pikachu_G4e�:
<STRONG>
The problem he is having is more likely to be hardware problem instead of software problem ...
[ 03-03-2002: Message edited by: Pikachu_G4e� ]</STRONG>
No, it's true that macs will only boot on the system they came with + upwards. My snow iMac (the DVD one) won't boot on anything below 9.0
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I'm going to take a different approach and believe the your reference to 8.6 is the size of the drive (formatted capacity of a 9gig drive) and NOT the OS. It is possible that although your card is Mac compatible, it may not work on the QS800. For instance, I have an Siig AP-40 SCSI Pro card (Ultra-Wide, 40MB/s) that will not work with a 733 or faster Quicksilver. http://www.siig.com/knowledge/10050836.HTM
Check with your SCSI card manufacturer first.
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Originally posted by z0ne81:
<STRONG>No, it's true that macs will only boot on the system they came with + upwards. My snow iMac (the DVD one) won't boot on anything below 9.0</STRONG>
Sorry ... I forgotten there is a minimum system software for every Mac Model ...
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