Re: Hard drive problem?

[commodorejohn@gmail.com]

On Aug 17, 6:16 pm, "Charlie" <charlieD...@verEYEzon.net> wrote:
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> > I'm using a ROM 01 Apple IIgs with 1.25MB of RAM, a CMS II SCSI card
> > and hard disk, and an 800KB 3.5" floppy drive. Everything was going
> > swell until a few days ago, when things started acting up for no
> > apparent reason. When I turn the machine on with no floppy in the
> > drive, it will sit at the boot screen indefinitely, refusing to
> > recognize the hard disk; however, if I boot from the IIgs system
> > floppy and restart from GS/OS, it will recognize the hard disk and
> > boot from it. (However, this only seems to work with GS/OS; booting
> > from another bootable disk, such as the CMS utility disk, does not
> > seem to encourage the computer to realize that yes, there is in fact a
> > hard drive connected.) Does anyone here have any idea what is going on
> > and how to address it, or know where I could find out?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> Check to see if your clock battery is dead/dying.
> It also keeps your boot settings.
>
> Charlie

Also checked that, but the settings are all intact, and it keeps time
just fine.