On Oct 31, 2003, at 11:14 AM, Gamba wrote:
The version of stuffit expander is 7.0.1. The system 7.0.1 that I downloaded from apple was not a self-mounting image. I downloaded the trial version of shrinkwrap to mount the images. This was when I found out that 7.0.1 doesn't work on my color classic. I put the minimal system on a floppy and "booted" from it. And then of course the error stating that the computer needed a newer version of the system. Sorry for the lack of experience I have; I thought the Color Classic was made earlier than it was. After that I downloaded the 7.5 boot disk image from your website, <http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2> , installed it on a floppy with the iomega software 4.1 extension. I popped the 7.5 boot disk floppy in and it booted up (it would be an understatement to say 'slowly') and right after boot-up reported that the internal hard drive was unreadable, "do you want to initialize?" When I tried to re-format the drive, it reported the hard drive was damaged; figures. The color classic has been sitting around in the damp basement of my office building since around '97, its printer hadn't been used since '94. I found some info on how to create a zip boot disk for a plus on the internet, but that didn't work. On power-up the zip drive busy light blinked a couple times, and then the disk-? icon. Do I need to find an external hard drive? I really don't want to open the case to even get the bad HD out particularly because of the CRT. Any ideas?Here is the update on the situation: I got an off-list email of the
keystrokes to boot from the zip disk so I proceded to download OS 7.0.1
from Apple. After decoding and unstuffing, it brought up the disk image.
When I open it with Stuffit Expander, version 7.0.1, it comes up with the
following error:Andrew aka. The Mac Freak
1..Say again, what version of Stuffit Expander?
2..The System 7.0.1 download from Apple is a self mounting image which
requires no other software but does require 7.0.1 or higher to mount.
3..Color Classic won't run 7.0.1, it requires 7.1 or higher, and, with 7.1,
it requires a System Enabler.
Gamba <http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2>
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