If you have either Apple RAID striped or mirrored volumes on a Workgroup Server 9150/120 with an internal Panasonic (also known as MKE) CD--ROM drive, the server may freeze during startup from a bootable CD-ROM disc. This may happen even if you have installed Macintosh CD-ROM Setup 5.1.1 or later on a Workgroup Server 9150/120 and then try to startup from the startup CD that came with your server.

This is because the older CD-ROM driver, version 5.0.3, will be loaded from the startup CD-ROM disc, which may cause the server to freeze. Typically, if a Workgroup Server freezes during startup from the startup CD, a hardware problem might be suspected since the startup CD is considered a clean system. However, with the older CD-ROM drivers on the CD, a startup floppy disk should be made to let you startup the server in emergencies.

A startup floppy disk can be made by performing the following steps:

Step 1

Create a Disk Tools floppy from the image on the Workgroup Server 7.5.1 CD.

Step 2

Throw the Apple CD-ROM (v5.0.3) extension from the Extensions folder in the System Folder on the Disk Tools disk created in Step 1 in the Trash, and select the Empty Trash command in the Special menu.

Step 3

Drag the Apple CD-ROM (v5.1.1) extension to Disk Tools floppy disk's Extensions folder in the System Folder.

Step 4

Keep this Disk Tools floppy for emergencies to startup the Workgroup Server 9150/120.

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