Kate,
Installing the right driver for the CD-ROM drive might
solve your problem.
Speaking from experience you may have however
encountered "SCSI voodoo" which may give strange
symptoms. When you connect the CD-ROM drive to the
2400, be sure that you turn on the CD-ROM drive first
before turning on the 2400. The other thing is to make
sure that the CD-ROM drive is terminated ie it has a
terminator (a rectangular plug)on the other SCSI port
of the drive (if it has an extra one).
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> It took me an interesting month to install system
> software from CD and
> Cdrom. Sometimes an icon of the CD would appear on
> the desktop and
> sometimes not, sometimes everything would appear
> more dimensional and
> full coloured, sometimes if the CD loaded the info
> didn't seem to be all
> there.
>
> It was very inconsistent but eventually somehow
> worked--the original
> 2400c system and the 8.0 and 8.5 were successfully
> taken in. Even with
> help and encouragement from someone on the list
> here, (Thanks again!).
> I really don't know exactly what I did differently
> in the end. By some
> miracle it worked.
>
> My EarthLink CD arrived in the mail and I tried to
> load it. But now the
> CDrom and the 2400c seem to have nothing to do with
> one another! Not
> even a partially apearing CD icon on the desktop.
> Zilch. The cd-rom
> shows up in the drives folder--where one initializes
> disks--there it is
> listed after the 'macintosh harddrive'. The very
> helpful Internet Setup
> Assistant enabled me to configure the connection and
> go online.
>
> I've considered purchasing another CDrom. One that
> comes with drivers.
> The one i ave here doesn't appear to hav anyname on
> it. Its a 24x long
> fary lightweight offwhite coloured rectangular box.
>
> After installing the origial software systems and
> updatesno notice
> appeared advising any need for firmware updates.
>
> Anyone know what might be the problem (aside from me
> being a confounded
> newbie! ) ?
>
> Thanks,
> Kate
>
>
>
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