Re: Weird problem: SCSI flash drive works but won't boot

[AppleCPM <a2@wilserv.com>]

Hi!

On Jun 13, 3:27 pm, Stephen wrote:
> After many years I'm trying to get my beloved ROM 01 IIGS up and
> running again.   I have a old SCSI drive but I fear it will not last
> much longer, so I am trying to set up a flash hard disk using hardware
> I already have.  I have an Apple High-Speed SCSI card connected to an
> Accent SCSI PCMCIA card reader.  In the reader I have a 256MB
> SimpleTech compact flash card via a PCMCIA-CF adapter.  The device is
> self-terminating and I have it set for ID 6 (though I have tried other
> IDs as well).  My High-Speed SCSI card is set to ID 7 (all default
> settings).
> In short, I can read and write to this drive in GS/OS just fine, but
> weirdly I can't get the system to actually boot from it.  Here are the
> details of this puzzle:
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    Sounds as if there's no boot code in block 0 of the CF card.

Willi