Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!metahawk From: metahawk@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby) Subject: Re: A3000 and Syquest -- booting Message-ID: Sender: Wayne Rigby Nntp-Posting-Host: aix01srv.aix.rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY References: <21017.282eec91@oregon.uoregon.edu> <1991May14.221337.1726@cs.cornell.edu> <338@mohawk.cs.utexas.edu> Date: 15 May 91 14:58:06 GMT Lines: 16 The problems mentioned (and fixes) in this thread are all valid for the SCSI system. I've used several Mac's with various SCSI drives attached. Unless their terminators are properly setup, many problems are seen. The most common one being not able to boot up the computer while one of the SCSI devices is powered off. Once the terminators are setup correctly, this is possible though. One of my room mates had an SE with a SCSI SyQuest. His computer wouldn't boot with the drive off (it would boot empty off floppy or internal HD); once he removed the internal terminator, everything worked fine (would boot when drive was powered down, and would recognize drive if it was powered up after boot up). Wayne Rigby Computer and Systems Engineer (in training) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute metahawk@rpi.edu