>> A clean install I have done before but lately my internal CD doesn't >> like to >> boot. It mounts cds OK, it just is picky on which CD it will boot off >> of. > Well it may also be a CD drive issue. We had three slot loaders. (2 > Summer 2001, and a Summer 2000) Two of them needed replacement CD > drives at around 2 1/2 years. The failure mode was random drive > whackiness. Sometimes mount a CD, sometimes not, failure to eject a CD > completely, it would disappear from ASP, etc.. Replacement drives cured > the problems completely. Both those iMacs are still going strong.
I tried to boot Panther install disk 1 and the apple displayed and the spinning thing below it started up and it kept going for 10 minutes without going any further???????? Jim* -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
