On Saturday, August 31, 2002, at 04:03 , Terry Mathews wrote:
> Are there any tricks to get the machine to boot off of CD. On my OS 8.5 > CD, > it will read forever and not give me a Happy Mac. On my 9.1 CD, it will > read > the CD some, pop up the Happy Mac, then hang solid. Have to manually reset > after that. > > I have a feeling it doesn't like the IDE CDROM it's using. Any ideas? You need a CD-ROM drive with an Apple firmware ROM in. The ROM contains custom instructions that help the Mac recognise and boot from the CD from the on-board Mac Firmware. I don't *think* even most modern CD-ROM or CD-RW drives that boot a PC will boot a Mac. Some people have reported isolated models of CD-RW that seem to boot a Mac OK but I have no idea if there is a definitive list. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Mac LC Central -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
