lrbarrios wrote: > > On Oct 17, 1:22 am, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sounds like that hard drive was initialized *without* the OS 9 >> drivers. It's a checkbox in Disk Utility... > > That's a very good point! Since I didn't initialize the drive or > install OS 9 on this iMac, I don't know if the OS 9 drivers are on > there or not. When I formatted the partitions on the USB drive that > I'm using for a backup of all of my Macs, I made sure that I included > the OS 9 drivers. I guess it's a good thing too, or else I might not > have been able to boot that iMac again. Now for more questions... > > 1) How can I tell if the OS 9 drivers were installed when the drive > was formatted?
System Profiler will tell you. Select ATA and look under the harddrive. There is an obvious entry for OS 9. > 2) The million dollar question... Is there a way to get them on the > drive now so that I can boot to OS 9 or do I have to reformat? AFAIK you have to reformat it with the OS 9 bootable option checked. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
