On Jun 16, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: > So it can have Mac OS 9.x installed. If you have original OS 9 > installation CD that came with Powerbook, then you can start PB using > this CD (keep "C" key pressed after startup tone, release it when you > see smiling Mac icon). When system has already loaded from CD - use > "Drive setup" application that should be in "Application(Mac OS 9)/ > Utilities/Drive setup" folder and check "zero all data" checkbox in > "Initialisation options". Then initialise disk (zeros will be written > all over the disk - it should be secure enough) and install fresh > system.
Wow, ancient history! Thanks for reminding me Sylwester Same thing for Mac OS 8 and prior, back to the introduction of System 7 in 1991. If you don't have a Mac OS 8 or Mac OS 9 system installation CD, I am pretty sure I have a couple here and can send you one. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
