🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1dbtnii.1bh2kas5wvs4cN@p16.nas1.is2.u-net.net>,
real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote:

>Having said that, while it didn't give me the normal `Can't fix that
>volume' message, it found nothing wrong with the startup volume so I'm
>not sure if would *really* have been able to repair it.

I'm just having an interesting time in some circumstances *finding* the
startup volume. I have two partitions, 'HD' and 'Lenin' (don't ask).

If I boot (Cmd-Opt-Shift-Del) from my Zip backup copy of the system, from
the internal Zip drive, I get the flashing question mark. If I boot (same
Zip disk) from my external, SCSI Zip drive, it boots okay but neither of
the HD partitions shows up on the desktop. Since they are IDE/ATA drives
(on a G3), I'm not sure how to mount them. These ATA drives seem to be less
friendly than SCSI all round; a pity that Apple had to use them to get the
cost down- at least I presume that's the reason. 

Just out of interest, I also booted from the system CD-ROM and that shows
me the HD (at least it did the second time I tried). I can't mount either
of the Zip drives, but a floppy copy of Norton Disk Doctor comes up fine
and does the business, if it needed doing. 

Any thoughts on mounting these ATA drives after booting from the SCSI Zip?
A forlorn hope? Or is my system just being erratic?

-- 
Peter