Re: Can I make my new HD bootable on my IIe?

["Ernest" <ernestls@home.com>]

David Empson wrote in message
<1ebrspg.1oxe41yuagjmwN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>...
>Ernest <ernestls@home.com> wrote:
>
>> >So why don't you put your HD in slot 6 and your Unidisk in slot 5 ?
>>
>>
>> I already tried that. I took the Unidisk card  out, and put the SCSI card
in
>> slot #6 but I had the same results. It's like the card/drive is invisible
to
>> slot 6 or 7. It isn't a big deal, as I can use the PR#5 option but I'm
still
>> curious about why it happens.
>
>Me too.  This makes a hardware fault on the motherboard less likely,
>unless it is something specific about the SCSI card (which uses more
>features of the slot interface than the Disk ][ controller).
>
>What other cards or add-ons do you have in the system?  In particular,
>do you have an accelerator?  If so, you will have to disable DMA on an
>Apple High-Speed SCSI card for it to work.

AUX slot = 80Col/64k card
Slot #2 = Super Serial card
Slot #3 = MS z80 softcard
Slot #5 = HS SCSI card (currently, all switches are down/closed)
Slot $6 = Duodisk controller card

I did have every slot filled but I took some of the cards out.

What do you think?

Ernest