At 12:59 PM -0700 10/25/02, Frank Gentry wrote:
>Makes sense. I appreciate the time you've taken thus far in trying to help.
>BUT...
>
>therein lies the rub... the Duo seems unable to find its startup software.
>I get the happy Mac, I hear the HD spin up; Then, the screen "flickers", the
>HD stops spinning and the floppy with the flashing "?" appears. I can't
>remove the installed software, since I am unable to get as far as the Duo's
>desktop.
>
>I don't know of any way to provide a "substitute" OS that the Duo could use
>to start up with, other than with a dock. I purchased one from a swap list,
>but it has yet to arrive and I'm not even sure that will be the solution...
>
>
>Any clue as to where I should go from here?
Get a floppy or a dock. You can't expect to operate a Duo without
one or the other, IMHO.
Paul
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