Performa 6200 will not boot from internal IDE HD with external BlueSCSI v2 (and firmware 2025.07.11-rel) connected

[scuddermj]

This BlueSCSI v2 external worked with the previous firmware (didn't capture the old version number but it's what it shipped with in June 2025). After upgrading to 2025.07.11-rel, its presence on the SCSI bus seems to prevent the Performa from booting.

Initial view of the logfile included phrases like this:
[1344ms] ID: 1, Eject button: #1
[1345ms] DBG No removable media found for 2 eject buttons, skipping.
[1939ms] Waiting for USB enumeration to enter Card Reader mode.
[3040ms] Waiting for USB enumeration timed out after 1000ms.
[3040ms] -- Try increasing 'USBMassStorageWaitPeriod' in the bluescsi.ini

During this time, the machine was at a grey screen trying to decide between the happy mac and not. If I leave the machine sitting for long enough (5+ minutes), the internal HD starts to spin up and the OS (System 7.5.3) gets partway through boot before hard locking. Worth noting that this generation has an external SCSI bus but the internal HD (and CDROM, I think) are IDE.

Also worth noting that when the BlueSCSI is connected with no SD card installed, the Mac's behavior is the same. When the BlueSCSI is disconnected, the Mac boots normally off the internal HD (this HD is original to the machine, with the apple firmware and everything).

Any thoughts? I'm still relatively new to the vintage Mac scene, and unsure how to troubleshoot this further. I can include the extended logs if that's helpful but it's looking like this EJECT BUTTON 1 is the beginning of the trouble at each boot.

[erichelgeson]

The log you attached is just informational things about what BlueSCSI is doing - it configured a button but if you're not using it, nothing to worry about. It seems you have debug on - could you attach the entire log? is there an err.log as well?

Please test 2 things - flash the December 2024 release https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/releases/tag/v2024.12.08 and test.

Also please test a patch release we're working on here and test (click BlueSCSI binaries to download) https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/actions/runs/16526931300

[scuddermj]

log.txt
Attached the full log file. No err.log exists.
And thanks, I'll try both the Dec 2024 release and the patch release. Will report back.

[scuddermj]

Sorry for the delay. I can confirm that the Performa 6214 boots normally with the Dec 24 firmware and all volumes are seen on the desktop.

However, the patch release has the same effect as the 2025.07.11-rel version. (hangs at grey screen, internal IDE HD doesn't spin up). I've attached a log file from the patch boot attempt.

log.txt

[scuddermj]

Based on that feedback, any thoughts on why the latest version of BlueSCSI isn't working on this Performa?

[erichelgeson]

I found someone with a 6200 to help me test but they had no issues with a DB25 and an IDE drive with a 6200.. hmm.

First lets try to reduce the number of moving parts, it looks like you have 4 SCSI devices on there and one on ID3 (which would be taken by the SCSI CDROM drive on the 6200 i believe) - Lets just put one empty drive on there at a free ID (say ID 1 for now) and retest. Also make sure you have the latest release from Aug and provide a log (no debug log req).

Also please make sure you've gone through the Troubleshooting guide on the wiki - eg: doing a full overwrite format on the sd card with the sd card formatter provided - just to double check the easy things.

[scuddermj]

I've now formatted the SD card using the utility instead of the Windows built-in formatter. I only copied back a single drive like you suggested, and updated to the latest firmware. The mac booted normally with the single drive hosted on the BlueSCSI visible.
log.txt