Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!stanford.edu!neon.Stanford.EDU!calvin!rudd From: rudd@calvin.stanford.edu (Kevin Rudd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: MacSprint II board Message-ID: <1991Apr21.231257.16773@neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 21 Apr 91 23:12:57 GMT References: Sender: news@neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 36 In article bh11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Braddock John Hathaway) writes: >I have recently acquired a MacSprint II board (essentially a fast-ram cache >for the 68020 on the original Mac II) which I have installed in my Mac II. >The board is made by Orchid Technologies. > >The following problems have cropped up since I started using the board: > >1) Seemingly randomly, the system will freeze. > >2) When this hanging happens, restarting the computer causes it to go on > a search for a bootable volume ... which it doesn't find. > >I am running quite a few inits (too many to list here) that I have not tried >de-installing yet ... but I don't think that this is the problem. Why would >an init wait for 5-10 minutes before actually doing anything that would cause >a problem? After Dark is turned off by the way. > >Thanks in advance, > >Brad Needless to say, INITs seem to be both a blessing and a curse. Your first action should be to remove as many INITs as possible (i.e. all except the ones that your system won't run without). Then try again. My best guess is an init conflict. Not everyone playes by the rules, not all the rules are known, and the rules are subject to change without notice. The ancient rule ``caveat emptor'' applies... -- Kevin -- questions, comments, free two page monitors, contact kevin@trump.Stanford.EDU complaints, bills, other crises, contact guido@outback.Mob.COM