Mark Benson wrote:
> > 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.
You can also use CD/DVD speedtools by INtech. If you have their drivers
installed almost every CD drive will be bootable.
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