On 6/20/2002 6:49 PM, "Ann Richmond" <richmond at qx.net> wrote:

>  
> 
> Ward Oldham wrote:
>> Hi Ann, 
>> 
>> Well, lets start last paragraph first.  Maybe someone else can shed some
>> light on these new errors but I would be intent on getting past the old
>> errors first.  Without knowing anything about your generation of iMac, please
>> make sure you are starting this Mac up in OS 9.
> 
> The IMac is running OS 9. The 9600, OS9.1.
>>  
>> 
>> Second, you may also want to try and reboot your iMac with bootable CD in the
>> drive while holding down the OPTION key. Expect to see a subsequent screen
>> that will picture every device you ought to be able to boot from.  Select
>> your CD and click the arrow key. If you get this far, its recognizing the
>> CD-ROM drive though it?s no guarantee that it?s working.  Before attempting
>> this, you may want to visually inspect the CD to make sure it?s blemish and
>> smear free.  You may want to try a second bootable CD too.  Now if this fails
>> again, I?ll quit beating this dead horse!
> 
> I tried rebooting with the option key held down from the OS 9 cd and also from
> a 7.6 cd. Neither got any result. The Imac started up with the system on the
> hard drive. I think maybe I have a dead horse?
>>  
>> 
>> Lastly, being able to select your iMac in the chooser on the 9600 but yet
>> having no subsequent volume choices to select tells me that you have File
>> Sharing on (on the iMac) but have yet to tell it what you want shared.  Try
>> selecting your hard disk icon and then go to File Menu>Get Info>Sharing.
> 
> Success with the file menu/get info/sharing path to make the hard drive on the
> IMac accessible from the 9600. THANKS. That will make me much happier on lots
> of fronts. I then copied the Epson installer file from the cd on the 9600 onto
> the IMac hard drive. Then tried to run it on the IMac. No luck. STill the
> "#baReadIni" error message. There must be some reason this thing has to run
> from a directly connected cd?
>  
>>  
>> 
>> Let me know if you have any luck.
>> 
>> Ward Oldham
> 
> Thanks, 
> Ann 
>  

Hi Ann,

Any way you could download the installer off the web per the links
previously emailed to you and run these on the iMac?

Ward Oldham
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