[DuoList] Powerbook duo 2300c Hard Drive issues

[Clark Martin]

At 7:54 PM -0800 1/24/08, 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.

If you can boot from a CD try doing so then launch drive setup.  I 
think it includes the ability to update the disk driver.  This is 
NON-destructive, it doesn't hurt your data.  I know some Apple disk 
utility did this long ago (Pre-X) but I'm not positive which.

>
>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.

That however sounds like a bad HD connection or such.
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Clark Martin
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