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Hello,

> sd1 at scsibus1 target 5 lun 0: <IOMEGA, ZIP 100, E.03> disk removable
> sd1: drive offline
That's what I get too.

> wonko@zaphod$ sudo disklabel /dev/sd1c
> disklabel: /dev/sd1c: Device busy
That's weird. I get a longish delay whenever I try to access the drive 
( >10s or so ) but besides that it works fine.

>>> MacOS 9, it seems, will not boot from the IDE CD-ROM disk.  gah.
>> Weird :/
>> Does the firmware even access the drive? It should try everything
>> potentially bootable at some point.
>
> i don't know if it access the drive or not, i should watch and see what
> happens.  would have to remove the CD-ROM bezel as it blocks the 
> lights. ;)
You'd probably hear it :)

> i know MacOS 9 can boot from the IDE controller, the copy that used to 
> be
> on this machine booted from the IDE HDD that is on that controller.
Even if the MacOS on the CD wouldn't know the drive it would sort of 
start ( well, whatever the ROM loaded would start ) and pop up an 
error.

good luck
Michael
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