Re: CD ROM failure

[shack@pro-ict.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

CRAFJAY@minna.acc.iit.edu (Jay Craft) writes:

>
>I seem to having problems with my CD-ROM (it's an Apple CDSC, the
>big one that requires caddies).  I have an Apple Hi-Speed SCSI in
>slot 7 of my GS, connected to a 44 meg Quantum drive in an external
>case, chained to the CD-ROM, with a terminator.
>
>When I boot the computer, both scsi devices power up, but they
>don't boot.  Instead, my 3.5 drive boots!  Using the Apple SCSI
>utilities, it shows the CD-ROM as drive 1 with my HD partitions
>as 2,3,4.  It's apparently trying to boot the CD-ROM, and 
>changing the SCSI ID numbers on either device and the card don't
>seem to work (unless I missed something).  The hard drive and 
>CD-ROM show up on Copy // Plus (CDROM as S7 D1, HD as S7 D2).

How did you change the ID's? Did you make sure that the hard disk has a
higher ID number? The system will try to boot from the device with the
highest number. Try 6 for the hard disk and 5 for the CD. And make sure the
card's ID is 7 as well.
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