>holding down command-option-o-x at startup Well i knew that existed and didn't work until... until i realized that the cap lock key was down. Yay! :D Aint that great or what!
Thanx a bunch fellows read you later! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Billings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 2:08 PM Subject: Re: Boot Disk > ugo gagne wrote: > > > > Hello everyone > > > > i just go myself a brand new second hand Mac Classic. > > Now, i've never used these before and i ask myself many questions but first: > > how do i get it to boot! I get the floppy-with-a-question-mark icon. > > > > I figured i would need a boot dick of some sort, so i got the system 6.0.8 > > disk off of apple via download, and since i dont have a floppy on my every > > day Mac, i switched to my pc to make the boot disk (yea i did get something > > that can read and make Mac disk -> MacDrive 5). > > When using disk images of the apple site, I have had to convert them > using DiskCopy on OS X first before I could Rawrite (on the PC) or dd on > a linux box. > > To do this open DiskCopy on OS X and select convert image, then select > the apple disk image file and for the output file it defaults to > compressed, you need to change it to read/write. The resultant file can > be written sector by sector to a 1.44 floppy for booting, copying the > files individually doesn't normally work for a boot floppy. > > If you have any problems I could send you a bootdisk.dmg file that can > be rawritten direct. > > > > > Now well equiped, i tried the newly created disk in the Mac Classic's mouth > > only to have it rejected and still getting this floppy-with-a-question-mark > > icon. > > > > Can someone be kind enough and help me out? If not i'm afraid i will have to > > MacQuariumize the new old mac, and that'd be sad wouldn't it? > > yes! > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ugo > > > > Regards Sean. > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
