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I have a PowerBook 2300c (Duo) series computer. The hard drive is split into multiple partitions with bootable System Folders. After updating the hard disk drive with Drive Setup 1.2.2, I can no longer select a different partition as the startup volume in the Startup Disk control panel. What's wrong?
DISCUSSION Issue When the ATA hard disk driver is installed by Drive Setup 1.2, 1.2.1, and 1.2.2 you can no longer change from which partition you want your 2300c to start up. One of two things may happen: 1) The computer beeps when a partition icon is clicked in the Startup Disk window. Startup Disk control panel does not accept any attempts to change the setting that determines which partition is to be the startup partition. 2) In other instances, you do not hear a beep when a partition icon is clicked in the Startup Disk window. The Startup Disk control panel does accept your attempts to change the startup disk setting, but the setting is not saved. Because the startup disk/partition selection cannot be changed, even if there are usable System Folders on multiple partitions, you cannot start up from the other partitions without disabling the System Folder on the selected partition. If you partition a PowerBook 2300c hard drive with Drive Setup 1.2.x, or you update a previously partitioned PowerBook 2300c hard drive with Drive Setup 1.2.x, you will have this problem. FIX This problem is fixed in Mac OS 8.0, rev the startup disk control panel with the the new version in Mac OS 8.0. Note: Drive Setup 1.2.2 allows you to update a volume even when Password Security installed and activated. It also fixes an issue which caused the drive to sometimes spin up and then down again before going to sleep or shutting down. If you use Drive Setup 1.0.5 instead of 1.2.2, you will lose these enhancements. |
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| Product Area: | Computers |
| Category: | PowerBook |
| Sub Category: | PowerBook 2300 Series (Duo) |
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