Article:		The Disaster-Free Upgrade to Mac OS X -- Part 2
Subject:		Great article... but one unexpected problem
Date:		2001-05-15 04:54:24
From:		nomad7674
Response to: Great article... but one unexpected problem
Yup, a FireWire drive (a generic one bought from MacWarehouse last year). There have been some good ideas from www.MacFixIt.com's boards on a fix, too, so I may get beyond it. Current front-runner diagnosis is that I have a file with an illegal character in it. (Allegedly, Alladin installs a file which causes problems.)

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• Great article... but one unexpected problem
  2001-05-15 07:31:31  Derrick Story | [View]
  
  
  Sounds like the problem is more with the file than the drive ... If you try to copy the same info to another "regular" System 9 Mac, do you still have the same problem?
• Great article... but one unexpected problem
  2001-05-16 12:10:22  nomad7674 [View]
  
  
  Unfortunately, I only have one FireWire Mac in the house to work with. It still occurs if I try, however, to boot off of the 9 System folder on my X partition or if I try to boot off a 9 System Folder on the second partition (System 9.1 only).
  
  I am starting to suspect the problem is the hardware, as the hangs also occur when launching a very large file/process. I am wondering if either:
  1. The FireWire drive is faulty. Maybe I need to install new drivers to it.
  2. My Firmware is not at the right level. I thought I had upgraded prior to my X install, but I am now wondering if I used the right ones.
  
  Thanks again.