On Oct 12, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Rich Bussone wrote:
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Rich Bussone
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:03 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [DuoList] duo's for donation
Hi
I have two duo's that I need to get rid of. I would like to donate
them
to anyone willing to pay postage, but I would like to do a clean
install
or somehow erase the drives. Can anyone advise me how I can do this?
Rich
On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:06:23 -0500
Jeff Mendoza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
You could always download the System 7.5.3 disks. Read more here:
http://www.lowendmac.com/macos.shtml
On 9/22/07, Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 1:32 PM -0400 9/22/07, Rich Bussone wrote:
The only o/s install disks I have are in CD's. I only have a floppy
drive on the duo dock. I do have a Power pc 6100/60 AV that I am
also planning to donate with an external SCSI drive, but I don't
have a notebook SCSI cable. I do have a duo dock and ethernet, but
neither the Power PC or the duo will connect. I don't recall the
exact error message but it said that somehow that the system was not
compatible with the ethernet. I think they are running on system 8
and the newer computers are on system 10.4. Is there some way I can
make them compatable?
It's likely you need to updated the AFP driver:, etc.
It's for OS 8.1 and up but has notes about other versions.g
Sorry for the mis-posting earlier. I hope this is the correct
format. I found the sites for both the system 7.5.3 and the one
for the Apple share client 3.8, but now I seem to be having
problems downloading them to floppy disks or to CD's. I am
downloading them on my iMac. If I burn a CD the power mac can't
read it. If I download the floppys they are 1.4mb. They fit on the
floppys if they are in dos format, but they won't open on the power
mac or the duos. if I convert them to Mac OS Standard there is
only 1.2mb available and the information won't fit. What am I
missing here?
Rich
Hello Rich:
The PowerMac CD ROM (-R, etc.) or the burning software might be
having problems. What burning software (version, OS version, etc.)
are you using? I suggest trying to fix the CD problem first, since
that will satisfy your original intent and future CD/DVD exchange
issues.
Can the iMac read its' own CD/DVDs?
Can the burned CDs be mounted at all on the PM?
In _my_ experience, some older PMs, such as the 6100-9600s, have
original CD drives that don't read CD-RWs, . I had to use CD-Rs in
that situation.
Next suggestion:
USB drives are cheap, USB cards for old PowerMacs are cheap. You can
use the $5-7 ADS technologies card (I bought the same one for $50 six
years ago) from Newegg or your local computer electronics store in
your 6100 if you have the Apple USB drivers loaded. You may have to
leave the case cover off while you do it.
If this doesn't help, keep feeding us data, and we'll keep trying.
Grizzled giant
Thanks for the info. I found out that I was burning Mac OS extended
CD-Rs and my power mac will only read Mac OS CD's. I burned a Mac OS
C-R on Toast lite and the Power Mac read it fine. I have the power
mac and the Duo connected via ethernet, but I still need to do a
clean install on the Duos. I haven't checked out the USB drive since
the nearest computer stores are Circuit City and Best Buy which are
40 minutes away and I am not sure they would carry them. I have a OS
8.0, but how I can use it on the power mac to install on the duo?
Rich
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