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From: shatara@memit.dec.com (Chris: 223-8753, TECHNOLOGY OFFICE, MLO1-4/T35)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: //gs & Hard Disk Frustrations
Message-ID: <8905141942.AA18398@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: 14 May 89 19:42:29 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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I'm having some strange problems with a putting a hard drive on a //gs.

The Configuration:

	//gs
	1.25 meg (Apple Exp card)
	RGB monitor
	3.5" drive
	5.25" drive
	AST VISION PLUS CARD
	MDIdeas stereo card
	Apple SCSI card tied to Seagate 30Meg drive
	GSOS 
	

I just got the disk set up and spent the past few days putting software 
onto it.  I had the slots and the control panel set up as follows:

	SLOT	CARD		CONTROL PANEL

	7	AST VISION	"YOUR CARD"
	6	SCSI		"YOUR CARD"
	5	empty		SMART PORT
	4	empty		default
	3	empty		default
	2	MDIdeas		default
	1	empty		default

	boot slot = 6

All is fine so far.

After many frustrating hours of running into software which I could not 
put on the hard disk and have run successfully, I decided to change the 
configuration to allow scanning to determine the boot device. I changed the 
cards as follows:

	SLOT	CARD		CONTROL PANEL

	7	AST VISION	"YOUR CARD"
	6	empty		default
	5	empty		SMART PORT (default)
	4	SCSI		"YOUR CARD"
	3	empty		default
	2	MDIdeas		default
	1	empty		default

	boot slot = SCAN


Now the problem I have is when I boot GS/OS from EITHER the HARD DISK or the 
3.5"disk, the drive bootS and gets me to the finder but I have no control 
over the mouse!  Inserting a 3.5" disk will result in the volume name to 
appear on the desk top but without mouse control I can't do anything. If I 
didn't know better I'd say that you can't have the SCSI card in SLOT 4, 
contrary to the documentation.

1) Has anyone run into this before?  

2) Is there anything wrong with the logic about?  This seemed like the 
best comprimise.

I'm really getting frustrated with all this.

any help would be appreciated.

/chris