Thanks for all your help guys. Looks like ive got plenty to try ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "iMac List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: Re: imac 333 hard drive
> On 12/26/02 11:10 PM, "John Haumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thursday, December 26, 2002, at 06:46 PM, Charlie Reyes wrote: > > > >> Did it come with its System CD? If so copy the entire CD on the 6500, > >> transfer the drive back to the 333 and boot from it with extensions > >> off. > >> Install the OS. > >> > > > > That won't work. Copying the CD doesn't make the disk it's on bootable. > > Anyway, the System Folder on the iMac CD refuses to boot on a hard disk. I > tried installing Mac OS 9 on a 5400 this way; it told mew "This System > Folder only works on its original media." If you have a generic Mac OS 9 CD > (not an iMac CD), then do a clean install on the 6500 and make it a > "Universal System." There's not an option for this in the 9 installer unless > I missed something last time I used it, so just select the minimum options. > After copying to the iMac, make sure the System Folder has a Mac face icon > on it. If it doesn't, try opening and closing it or moving the Finder (or > any other) file out of the folder and then putting it back in. > > -Ian Johnson > > -------------------------------------------------- > "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." > -George W. Bush -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
