PowerBook Duo 270c HD problem

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Duo/2400 List wrote...

>Subject: [Duo2400] PowerBook Duo 270c HD problem
>From: Reverend Darkness <rev_darkness at ev1.net>
>Message-ID: <BA07C430.6813%rev_darkness at ev1.net>
>
>I have rescued a Duo 270c from being thrown out, and was excited to have
>this little thing.  I was going to start from scratch with a format and
>clean install of OS 7.6.1, but have only gotten half way there...
>
>When I ran the Apple HD SC Setup, I was able to start an Initialization.
>The init runs fine, but I always get an error on "Verifying format", and now
>it doesn't even recognize the hard disk!
>
>I am a "newbie" to old Mac stuff, as the first Mac I ever worked on was a
>PowerBook G3 Lombard.
>
>Any ideas?  Anyone?
>
Use Drive Setup from 7.6 or 7.6.1 instead of HD SC Setup. The latter is 
for much older systems and that may be the cause of your problem, far as 
I can tell. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong here.

Bob F