2nd hard drive reboot after startup

[Purple Mouse]

Hi all,

Added a SCSI drive to a G3 266 platinum tower. The startup device
remains the internal IDE drive (OS 8.6). Now it will not start upon
startup, just stops at a grey screen. But it will start the second
time with a three fingered salute. There is no OS on the second drive.
Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Stu

[Joe Heimann]

Purple Mouse <purplemouse@volcanomail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,

> Added a SCSI drive to a G3 266 platinum tower. The startup device
> remains the internal IDE drive (OS 8.6). Now it will not start upon
> startup, just stops at a grey screen. But it will start the second
> time with a three fingered salute. There is no OS on the second drive.
> Any thoughts?

> Thanks!

> Stu

I would first check the PRAM/clock battery, that failure to start and
show a grey screen is exactly what I have seen when it is weak or dead.
Otherwise, possibly the new drive is still in the process of spinning
up, or the SCSI bus is not properly terminated.

Joe Heimann