User`s guide

with no problem. However, when I attempted to partition it, I saw the error
message listed above.
As it turns out, this drive has a place for a jumper documented to "Disable
TI Negotiation." Before giving up all hope, I put a jumper in there. This
apparently made it possible to partition the disk, and things look good now. --
John David Duncan
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RamFAST: RAMFAST.SYSTEM "Incompatible configure.dat"- My 10 year old came to me
this weekend upset because of something that's happened to his GS. When he
boots it up, he is getting a message about an incompatible configure.dat file,
then ends up in the ramfast scsi utility!?
If the GS ends up displaying the RamFAST.System screen, and "Incompatible
..." message, click on the error message to clear it and then click Options. Set
these according to your system-- mainly, click TransWarp to "No" if you do not
have a TransWarp installed. Probably, you will want Password, RomDISK, HD
Backup, and Short Timeout set to "No", as well. (You can experiment with Short
Timeout and DMA; but, for now, set them to "No".) The other options should be
"Yes".
Click Save, then Quit. If you get the <<BOOT>> prompt, click it. If you end
up looking at a BASIC prompt, try entering PR#7 (assuming your SCSI interface is
in Slot 7) to see if the hard disk will boot.
If either of the above gets you into the Finder where you can copy files,
then you will have a way to make backups.
To check that the config has been correctly written to hard disk you will
need to turn OFF the machine. (i.e. from the Finder, do a Shutdown and then turn
OFF the GS.)
After 10-20 seconds, turn ON the computer and see if it boots correctly. If
it does, fine. If it does not, you may have to reformat the hard disk. --
Rubywand
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"CHECK STARTUP DEVICE" - Why do I get this message when I try to boot a disk?
This error message usually means that there is no diskette in the boot
drive, the drive door is not closed, or that the disk is not bootable. On a
system which has several drives-- e.g. 3.5" and 5.25" drives and/or a hard disk-
- the message indicates that no bootable disk was found on any of the drives
tried.
If you know that a bootable disk is present, the indication is a problem
with the drive (see Q&A above) or with the drive controller (which may be a card
plugged into a Slot) or with a cable connecting the drive or with settings which
affect recognition of the drive with a bootable disk.
The problem may be that the bootable disk is not detected because the IIgs
Control Panel is not set correctly-- e.g. the Startup Slot is set below the
number of the Slot associated with the drive and/or the Slot with an interface
card is not set to "Your Card". Note: After changing a Slot setting in the