Inconsistent MacII booting

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From: Cliff Loucks
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1987 13:12

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We have a Mac II with an internal Apple 20 Mb drive that will not
boot consistently.  In the morning I have to cycle the power at
least once (often more) before the machine realizes there is a
bootable drive out there.  The dealer said Apple has recognized the
problem and is working on a ROM swap of some sort.  This problem is
apparently limited to the 20 Mb drives Apple is using.  Can anyone
else confirm this?  The machine works great when it does boot, but
cycling the power all the time is getting old.

-- 
Cliff Loucks   [gatech | ucbvax]!unmvax!sandia!intvax!loucks
Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Poor New Mexico;  So far from Heaven, and so close to Texas.

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From: loucks@intvax.UUCP (Cliff Loucks)
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Subject: Inconsistent MacII booting
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Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 09:12:26 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 13 09:12:26 1987
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Keywords: Mac II - 20Mb incompatibility