Re: Booting from a ZIP drive...

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

John writes ...
> 
> I could have sworn that I saw someone say something about booting from a ZIP
> drive on a //gs.  Did I really see this or am I just imagining things?
 ....

     Booting from a Zip drive works fine. (Actually, I think the Zip connected
through the RamFAST does a faster boot than our 80MB Focus hard drive. But, the
Zip drive's disks get swapped in and out; so, we usually boot System from the
Focus.)

     If you want to boot from the Zip drive, the SCSI ID should be set to the
highest number of any devices on the SCSI chain. And, to regularly boot from
the Zip, you should probably put your SCSI card in Slot 7 with the Control
Panel Slots boot setting at "Scan".



Rubywand