Bradley R. Smith wrote:
> On 1/8/01 at 22:40, timmcn@mr.net (Tim McNamara) wrote:
> 
> > acquired a Quadra 700 with 20 MB RAM, attached the same
> > external drive to the SCSI port, and have tried to boot several
> > times without success.  The booter goes through its routine,
> > the boot process starts, the screen goes black and the process
> > stops cold.  
> > 
> > The screen goes black and the boot process dies without further ado.
> > 
> > I couldn't find anything like it in the FAQ, and the Q700 is
> > supposed to be a supported machine.  Any suggestions?  Thanks!

are you sure that the boot process stops at that point?  better question:
are you using internal video or a nubus card?  if the latter, i can
understand the problem, if the former, i'm stumped...

-colin