Problem suggestion and NVRam fix, please read! |
September, 27, 2002 7:04 PM |
tippingj |
Just want to point out a little something I found. OS X 10.0's SCSI drivers or whatever it is that XPF uses won't work for *any* of my 6 CDRom Drives (all SCSI- I just swapped them all to test this theory).. But.. If I install XPF using Mac OS X 10.1, and supposably the drivers are different, *all* my SCSI CDRom Drives work, and I don't get the ol' Still Waiting for Root Device and SCSI Recovery stuff. One of the problems I ran into was that OS X's APP files and pkg files appear as "folders" once copied to a HD for installation (copying the entire CD to the HD is the only way to get OS X to install). This in turn makes them appear as folders when OS X is installed, hence breaking *all* the applications. Therefor you *must* be able to boot from the OS X CD in order to properly install... Second. http://stegefin.free.fr/6400/Alchemy.r That is a NVRam settings file for, you guessed it, the Alchemy boards. My computer is based off the Alchemy motherboard, and I know that these settings are in the resource OPtf with Resedit. So far I have had to patch XPF with the file above to get everything to work- no more CLAIM Errors, nothing. Everything works again. I noticed that in XPF 2.2, there *was* a Alchemy file under OPtf. It didn't work, however, as soon as I replace it with the newer file above, no more errors, and the system boots just fine.. XPF 2.2.2 didn't have the Alchemy file- not from above, it just wasn't in OPtf to begin with, therefor i had to patch all of the OPtf files just to be safe- I don't know which one XPF used for the 6400's (Powersurge?). Perhaps someone wants to include the Alchemy file from above in the next release of XPF? Make us 'happy 6400/clone users happy again?? :) Note that Throttle does NOT work under the NVRam file above- it might be the cause of the problem? My 6400 Clone is happy bussing away with the new NVRam. And last but not least... The 8gb Drive limit. It is quite insane.. Installing XPF, rebooting, only to relise that your drive is 10gb or 8.1gb. I'd love to see XPF actually check the HD installing to for size- if above 8gb, it would display a message *warning* users, however, you could continue if you must.. Otherwise, if 8gb or below, all would go as normal. |
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RE: Problem suggestion and NVRam fix, please read! |
September, 27, 2002 9:33 PM |
tippingj |
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No. It is a Powercomputing Powerbase 200, Alchemy based motherboard. I believe that part of my sucsess is due to Openboot firmware 2.0, a ATI Onboard 3D II 2mb VRAM Video Card (hasn't given me *any* trouble, seems to be %100 compatible, and the animations are quite decent), and the onboard soundcard.. All of these are quite new considered to a origenal 6400, and since they are all "updated", I suppose that is the source of my ease. The machine is using 80mb RAM, 168Pin, and a 13gb HD, with a 8x Nec Multispin Tray SCSI CDRomdrive. It is also running off the stock 603e 200mhz processor, which is incredably slow in 10.0, but runs ver nice in 10.1. I've had very little trouble with the machine- now that the NVRam is right, I haven't had *any* panics, crashes, etc, aside from the SCSI CDRom taking 40 minutes to mount (this is fixed in 10.1).. Everything is working just fine, autoboot, etc. All in all, the Powerbase is taking OS X nicely. |
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RE: Problem suggestion and NVRam fix, please read! |
September, 27, 2002 8:36 PM |
willschou1 |
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Which 6400 clone is this? Is it by any chance the Umax C500/600 machines?(It would have been helpful to include this in your post) thanks |
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RE: Problem suggestion and NVRam fix, please read! |
September, 27, 2002 8:18 PM |
tippingj |
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Buzzing- not bussing... |
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