I believe you need an extension in your System Folder > Extensions to recognize the third-party CD-ROM. An old Apple boot ROM CD will work much better.
It's been a very long time.... :-( Hold down the "C" key when you start, or the really old combination, "Command-Option-Shift-Delete" to force a boot from a CD. Robert A. Donaldson [email protected] On Apr 2, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Ward Curry wrote: > Okay...my SCSI dock adapter and SCSI cable arrived and I attempted to boot my > PowerBook 2400c from an OS 8.1 CD-ROM and I am still having problems. I have > the adapter switched to "SCSI" and a terminator on the other port of the > CD-ROM drive. The issue I am having is that it boots to a grey screen and > nothing happens. The CD-ROM drive spins up but it doesn't load the OS. The > CD-ROM drive is not an Apple-branded drive, it's a Micronet 16x SCSI CD-ROM. > Could this be my issue? Do I need an Apple SCSI CD-ROM to boot it? > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > DuoList mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/duolist _______________________________________________ DuoList mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/duolist
