on 9/15/03 6:40 PM, Nolen Scaife at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everyone! This is my first post to this list, so I'll give you a > little background. I'm a long-time Mac user and just recently got my > hands on a Mac Plus (that looks like a 512) and an SE/30. I'm working > on the SE/30 first, just because it got the luck of the draw ;) > > Anyway, the only disks I have for it are System 7.5 install disks. I > don't have any kind of other disks that are bootable in a classic Mac, > and it's hard for me to make them since my G4 has no floppy :( When I > put in my Install Disk 1, I get a happy mac followed by the "Welcome to > Macintosh." It's when the screen clears and the menu bar appears like > it's about to start the Finder that the machine just completely locks > up. No error message, no text on the screen (the menu bar is blank), > no nothing. The mouse quits moving, there's no disk activity, and > it'll sit like that all day until I hit the power. > > I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. Is there some issue that I'm not > aware of? Maybe bad RAM? > > Thanks for any help you guys can provide. > > Nolen >
Try booting with the shift key held down. If it STILL won't boot, and the disk is a known good one, then open the SE/30 and remove the SCSI cable from the hard disk, and the power cable from it, and reboot with the floppy. If ya get a boot then, suspect the hard disk is shot. Jeff -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
