Hi there, I've just purchased a 540c, and while it came fully-loaded with all the gagdets it's also come with a password-locked hard drive. No problem, says the seller, just reformat and you'll be away. Made sense, but in practice it's causing me hell. Trouble is I can't find a boot disk image on the 'net that'll help out. The Network Access Disk boots fine but I can't use the Chooser because the system is locked (and can't be unlocked).
I don't think I can use an external CD drive because I only have one terminator, not the two you're suppose to use as the 540c doesn't provide scsi termination itself. The other boot disks (namely the Disk Tools discs) usually boot up but then display an error stating that it couldn't create/open the desktop folder. My other planned option was to rip out the hard drive and put it into my "test bed" external drive and format it from another machine... but of course the connectors are completely different. I don't have a SCSI Disk mode cable either yet, and it will be a few days until I can get into the city to buy stuff. I was hoping that someone here could point me in the direction of a working Network Boot image (or possibly even email me one of their own) as I have just about run out of ideas. Cheers, Ben. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
