> From: JGE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PCI] 7200 Back-up > I just finished setting up a 7200/90 for a small child of friends of mine. > It's got Freddi Fish and some other children's stuff. I installed my old > copy of 8.5.1 and upgraded to 8.6. > > OK, so want I want to do is have a bootable CD, and image so when this > little fella pooch's the computer it can be rebuilt by the parents! > > So, can I drop a system folder from an 8.6 CD onto a cd with the entire > HDD as it exists (ie: copy the HDD icon from the desktop to my iMac DV and > from there burn it down onto the same CD?) > > This would allow them to boot off the cd and just drag replace the HDD to > the desktop. That' obviously too simple. The articles I've read are a bit > vague including the one on LEM. Hope some one can help. > > Thanks, > Gareth
Maybe: 1. Set up the child's computer how you want. 2. Hook up some burner directly to the 7200 and burn the System Folder (as updated to 8.6) onto CD (using bootable option boxes on your burn software). 3. Bob is your uncle Or, maybe better, this: 1. Install the 8.5 onto a clean partition on your imac HD or onto another HD (external perhaps) and update to 8.6 2. Make a bootable CD from this partition 3. Bob is your uncle again When you burn, you must choose options (or do other things) to make it bootable, you can't just have a system folder in data format and expect it to boot, it won't. If you don't want the hassle, You CAN simply make an easy to make unbootable data CD with the SF how you want. Name this System Folder "Gleaming New Hero SF". Come time to tidy up the carnage, do this: 1. Insert the data CD on the 7200 CD drive. 2. Copy the folder called "Gleaming New Hero SF" from the CD onto the 7200 HD anywhere (well, anywhere outside the violated, sullied, bloodied and staggering but not completely bowed System Folder) 3. Eject CD and shut down. 4. Now boot the kid's machine from any bootable commercial CD (does not matter what it is) or any other HD. If you have trouble, using the C key technique, just boot up from the HD again and with the valid known to be a good bootable CD inserted in the drive, set the Control Panels/Startup Disk to CD and then mouse over to Special/Restart 5. Restarted you will now be operating from the CDs system OS (no matter what it is). Open up the kid's violated, sullied, bloodied and staggering but not completely bowed System Folder and trash it and empty trash. 6. Rename "Gleaming New Hero SF" as "System Folder" (no quotes of course) and make sure it is at the top level of the HD. 7. Set the Control Panels/Startup Disk to the HD and restart. 8. Bob should be your uncle again David Elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
