Subject: Re: the plot thickens Re: can't boot MacBSD1.1 on Mac IIci
To: Chris Jacobson <fear@athenet.net>
From: Henry B. Hotz <henry.b.hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/23/1996 16:53:58
At 5:21 PM 9/23/96, Chris Jacobson wrote:
>>  modesence page 4(0)
>>  Error on SCSIRead(), # 5
>>  Probably just a phase error, ignore the error -- this time
>>
>>It says "ignore the error -- this time", but since it seems to always
>>happen, I thought I should mention it.  Does this mean the disk is
>>bad?  I tried moving around the partitions, and still have the
>
>I always had the same thing on my Classic II - so I figured its just a

There is a report that this error went away when code was added to the
booter to distinguish CD-ROM's from Disk drives.  It seems to be a problem
with misinterpreting the data returned from some device.

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