I was using an Apple CD-ROM drive, maybe a 800E (something like that) and a burned CD with a system folder. Does the CD need to be burned in a certain way to get it to be bootable?
On 8/1/05, Ian Nixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it was because it was all genuine Apple stuff - genuine 7.5 CD > and Apple-branded CD-ROM drive. > > Ian > > On Aug 1, 2005, at 5:32 PM, Thomas wrote: > > > How is it possible to boot off of a CD drive with a Plus or SE/30? I > > have tried on an SE/30 and Classic and they would not boot off the CD. > > I have otherwise had good experiences with using a CD drive with my > > compacts. > > > > Thom > > > > On 7/31/05, Ian Nixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well, in my experience, when I've hooked up a CD Drive to one of my > >> (many) Mac Plusses, the computer would boot off of the CD. I'm not > >> sure if it had to do with the fact being that it was an Apple drive or > >> it was an Apple CD. > >> > >> Ian > >> > >> On Jul 31, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Lavode wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> OK, I have an external SCSI CD-ROM, and it's a 24x, which used to > >>> hook > >>> up to a PowerComputing tower. > >>> > >>> The question: Can I hook this up to my SE and have the SE read > >>> CD-ROMs? > >>> > >>> The SE is a 4 MB RAM, running 7.5.3, with the CD-ROM install put in. > >>> Photo Access doesn't load, so I moved it to Extensions (Disabled), > >>> but > >>> all the other extensions load fine. 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