No. Macs always try to eject discs (well, floppies at least) at shut down. So if you restart, you shut down first and the disk ejects.
One way to be certain is to shut down your Mac, stick the disk in the floppy drive, and start the Mac back up. If it spits out the floppy, stick it back in immediately and see what happens (no, it won't damage anything)... If it gets spit out again, then either you don't have a valid system folder on the floppy, the disk is corrupted, your floppy drive is malfunctioning, or ... a number of things. If it's got a system folder on it, just stick it back in the drive as soon as you hear the startup chime, and the Mac should boot from it, no problem. Peace, Drew From: "Scott Holder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: force boot from floppy? Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:13:07 -0400 To: "'PowerBooks'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If it's spitting it out, then it's not a bootable floppy. Macs will always try to boot from floppy first if there's one in there (the ones that have floppies, of course). Stick it in after booting and make sure there's a blessed system folder on there. If you copied it from somewhere, may just need a simple blessing (look for the little Mac icon on the folder) Scott Holde -- Having graduated (with a physics BS :-P), I will be using the email address <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please update your address book. <http://homepage.mac.com/alk/> "Anyone can fly, all you have to do is throw yourself at the ground and miss." -Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy -- 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
