Re: Repost: can't get hard drive to boot GS/OS

[philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens)]

David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>If your drive is one of the ones that returns more than 8 bytes, then
>as soon as SCSI.MANAGER or SCSIHD.DRIVER is loaded, the system will
>crash.

>To test this theory, take another copy of System 5.0.4 from your hard
>drive onto a 3.5" floppy, and remove SCSI.MANAGER and SCSIHD.DRIVER.
>If the disk now boots OK, the problem is at least narrowed down to the
>SCSI drivers.

  I'll definately try this and see what happens.  I've been using the
SCSI.MANAGER and SCSIHD.DRIVER files from the utilities disk that came with
the card, so it's very likely they contain this bug!

>I think this bug has been fixed in System 6 (no specific mention of it
>in the release notes, though), so using System 6 instead of 5.0.4 may
>solve your problem.

  Doesn't seem to, but then perhaps I wasn't using System 6's SCSI.MANAGER
and SCSIHD.DRIVER files with the bug fix.  I *thought* I tried them at one
stage, but I might be mistaken.  

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