Trust that you had “happy hunting” from all the Macintosh Garden choices.
Really have to read the individual file descriptions closely,
to pick and choose exactly what to download.
First:
Uncertain about “bad cable” scenario but, you have formatted “slave” CF
with booted OS 9 disk utility? (Does slave CF appear on desktop,
when running OS 9?) If not, open disk utility in running OS 9
and initialize/format the “slave” drive from there, if possible.
Walking back, here:
From your 1st post this thread, you wanted to install Tiger on the second partition
(after installing OS 9 on the first partition)… on your master CF “drive”?
(See reader50’s response, 2nd post this thread)
In essence, you simply want to use the CF drive(s) as primarily “boot only”
for faster boots, etc. and install more “conventional”, larger drives later?
IF you can get Tiger (or Panther OS 10.3), to install successfully on your second
partition of the “master” CF… then you might investigate your 2nd (slave) CF
for Tiger or Panther installs afterwards… Then, if that slave drive can be formatted
and mounted via OS 9… AND THEN capable of Tiger/Panther install and boot…
you can then wipe the 2nd partition of Tiger/Panther from your master CF drive.
Question arises as to “order” of slave/master postions of your two CF “drives”
on the cable. (Might try swapping them around…)
*Reading back through all of your posts, I wonder if you have disconnected / removed
all “other than basic performance” cards, devices, etcetera from the Sawtooth?
You did change out that video card?
Hope it’s warm there in the garage.