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Here’s a question for the “greybeards” out there: I have a PowerBook 5300c, which when I attempt to boot it normally, gets an error 41 bomb when booted normally or with extensions off. I was running perfectly before I put it in storage a few months ago. If I attempt to boot from a DiskTools2 floppy, it just spits the disk out and attempts to boot from the HD. If I attempt to boot from a System 7.5.3 CD, using a SCSI external drive, I get a flashing ? icon, then it fails out to the internal HD. The boot sequence appears to be correct; the bomb occurs right after the splash screen disappears, as the desktop is being drawn. Thanks!
Just curious is the SCSI terminated? If I remember right this was the old key combo for a SCSI start up: CMD-OPT-SHIFT-DELETE-# the # being the number of the scsi drive. good luck
Is the 7.5.3 CD an original? This computer needs an enabler which may not be on the cd you have. I What Brand of CD-ROM do you have? I have experienced mixed results with these media. I suggest setting the SCSI ID to 3. Good Luck.
If I remember right you have lost the HD in this system. For some reason the HD is not spinning and will give you the bomb. The system disk for these older computers was different for each one. I used to have them, but they went out, when I moved.
Im pretty sure that portable macs couldn’t boot from SCSI(But i could be wrong, it’s been a long time) you might have a hardware related issue such as a bad hard drive, if you can, try checking the drive for clicking noises, and that the SCSI Cables from the drive are ok, im not sure if the cd might be scratched, unreadable, or you may have the 68k version of system 7 designed to run on motorola 680*0 Cpus inolder macs, hope this helps.
Internal was 0 external bus started with 1
