Re: Put home directories on second hard drive?


Subject: Re: Put home directories on second hard drive?
From: Zeke Runyon (zrunyon@mac.com)
Date: Sat Dec 22 2001 - 09:25:05 MST


Thanks for all the replies and help. I now know how to add the 2nd drive
software-wise, but I'm having problems with the hardware now.

The SCSI 'chain' (?) is like this: ribbon cable from the motherboard to
the CD-ROM drive, then to the existing drive, then there is a connecter
at the end of the chain and a power cable. I connect the new drive at
the end of the chain. I boot up. The happy mac icon shows up, then the
screen goes grey with a cursor, like it is trying to find the startup
disk. It sits and sits and sits.

I hit the interrupt switch, unplug the power, and disconnect the new
drive. It boots fine. I power down, disconnect this drive and plug in
the 2nd drive which has no system software, it is just a blank HFS
formatted drive, so insert the OS 9 install CD and it boots fine and the
drive mounts.

I try switching the locations of the two drives on the chain, same grey
screen.

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