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- From: gpb@gpb-mac (greg berryman )
- Subject: Re: Sys 7.0 bombs on boot. Why?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.160803.23465@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:08:03 GMT
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- johore@teal.csn.org (John Orendt) writes:
- : Hi
- :
- : I'm trying to Upgrade from sys 6.0.7 to Sys 7.0. I don't get
- : any errors during the installation of sys 7.0 or when I do
- : the sys 7. tuneup. When I boot up I get system error "finder"
- : bad f-line instruction or if I hold down the shift key
- : (causing extensions not to load) while booting I get system
- : error "finder" illegal instruction. Amazingly, the booting
- : process completes successfully if I lock the disk before
- : booting. I think the error occurs while the system is trying
- : to rebuild the desktop for some reason unknown to me.
- : Unfortunately, there is not much I can do with a locked disk!
- :
- : I have a Mac II with no internal hard drive and two 800k
- : floppy drives, an 11" apple B/W monitor with 8 Megs ram and
- : an AST286 card installed. My hard drive is an almost new
- : removable media Bernoulli Dual 90 Pro which I boot from. I
- : have no problems with system 6.0.7 except for my FaxSTF
- : software bombing randomly when sending faxes (some times it
- : works sometimes it don't) which is why I'm trying to upgrade
- : to sys 7.0.
- :
-
- It sounds like you need to install 7.0 compatible drivers for the drive.
- I have seen problems like this on old hard drives.
-
- Good Luck,
- Greg.
-
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