Hi all,
After my success using FWB hard disk toolkit to partition and format the flash drive, I thought I'd use it to repartition the hd in my Quadra 650. The drive is a 4 gb IBM, which was formatted as a single partition, which led to huge file system overhead.
This turned out to be a disaster ...
Everything appeared OK. I made the partitions, and copied a system folder onto one of them but now when I boot the machine with the hd connected, I get a sad Mac. If I disconnect the hd, I can still boot from the flash drive.
Setting the startup disk to the flash drive has no effect. I have to disconnect the hd to be able to boot.
Is there any way around this? Can I somehow bypass the hard drive and reformat it again?
I suppose there is a remote possibility that the drive may have died as a result of the pummeling the toolkit gave it, but I doubt it.
I really should learn that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Thanks,
Daniel
After my success using FWB hard disk toolkit to partition and format the flash drive, I thought I'd use it to repartition the hd in my Quadra 650. The drive is a 4 gb IBM, which was formatted as a single partition, which led to huge file system overhead.
This turned out to be a disaster ...
Everything appeared OK. I made the partitions, and copied a system folder onto one of them but now when I boot the machine with the hd connected, I get a sad Mac. If I disconnect the hd, I can still boot from the flash drive.
Setting the startup disk to the flash drive has no effect. I have to disconnect the hd to be able to boot.
Is there any way around this? Can I somehow bypass the hard drive and reformat it again?
I suppose there is a remote possibility that the drive may have died as a result of the pummeling the toolkit gave it, but I doubt it.
I really should learn that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Thanks,
Daniel
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