[DuoList] Powerbook duo 2300c Hard Drive issues

[Josh Keady]

There's no chance that you damaged the drive's ribbon cable when you  
installed it, is there?

Josh

On Jan 24, 2008, at 7:54 PM, Sis, Joseph C Jr 1LT NG NG NGB wrote:

> I don't think that is the issue.  The "official" maximum OS on my  
> Powerbook 2400c and my PowerMac 6500 are both 9.1.  However 9.2.2  
> installed via OS9 Helper works great on both of those machines.
>
> In this case the Duo is not even recognizing the hard drive during  
> startup.  I can hear the HD spin up briefly and then immediately the  
> blinking disc icon comes up.  I suspect the 2400 may require a  
> unique HD driver, because when I put a new HD in the 2400 it had to  
> be reformatted by the 2400 in order to work.
>
> I could reformat this HD in the 2300, but I am reluctant to do so.   
> Also, it may not be possible, as when I use Disk Tools on the floppy  
> - it cannot 'see' the internal 1.13G HD.
>
> Thanks,
>
> joe
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> I researched and found that the 2300c can only run OS 9.1 or lower.  
> That may be your problem. Here is the website I found the  
> information at: http://www.danpalka.net/powerbookduo/profiles/duo2300c.html
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