Subject: Re: yellowdog-general Digest 29 Jun 2000 01:37:34 -0000 Issue 189
From: Frank M. Lazar (fmlazar@copytoneonline.com )
Date: Thu Jun 29 2000 - 13:17:24 MDT
Robert Fout writes:
>Just got a G3 BLue + White. It came with an ultra scsi drive, I
>added an ATA drive to the empty zip drive slot. I'm trying to get
>the ATA drive to boot, it will not, shows the lost System Folder icon
>on boot, then defaults to the System Folder on the scsi.
>
>Drive set-up shows the ATA to have the cd at ID 0, and the ATA drive at
>ID 1.
>The ATA is set to "slave"
>
>The machine will boot from a CD.
>
>I have updated the drivers on the ATA ( MAXTOR 6gig)
>
>Have tried installing OS 8.6 from the disc that came with the
>machine, and OS 9, same results.
>
>
>I have not updated the ROM on the G3 BW.
>
>128RAM, 450 G3 BW
>
>I want to set up linux on the ATA, and would rather not mess with
>anything on the scsi drive
>I think the ATA HD has to be master, and the ATAPI CD drive to slave, or
>did
>I misinterpret your info?
>Bob
If your machine is a Rev 1 Blue and White(like mine), it will NOT boot up
from a slave IDE hard disk. But since you're using only scsi drives, I
suspect that your scsi drive is sitting where Apple would normally put the
default IDE hard drive. What you can try is physically moving your scsi
drive to one of the other two positions and then connecting the IDE disk
to the short ide cable coming from the logic board. (setting it to
master.) Intech claims to have solved the problem with it's drivers but
I'm not sure that it would do you any good from linux. I'm using this
kind of setup myself booting from an IDE disk at that slot and using SCSI
drives on the other two bottom bays and it works fine. (I've booted
LinuxPPC off a partition on the IDE and YellowDog off one of the SCSI's.)
Frank Lazar Technical Manager
Copytone Visual Communications
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