Doc, thank you for the information. It's being a hard task but it's fun at the same time. Let's see what happens. Pedro
On 10/26/05, Doc Holliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pedro: > > Your message got caught in my spam filter - the one run by my ISP, which > I can't control. > > The reason it is kicking out the disk is that it doesn't have a bootable > system folder on it. Or, the drive can't read the disk. Or, the disk is > bad. I would try building another "bootable" system disk and make sure > it is good in another Mac before trying it on the 5300. Depending upon > which version of the system you are using, you may need to make sure > that it is compatible with the 5300. Some versions of the system, mostly > those before OS 8 may need an enabler to make the system work with the > 5300. Without the enabler, the machine won't recognize it as a valid > bootable system disk. > > If you don't get the floppy icon with the X in the middle of it, does > the machine boot from the hard drive? If so, then you can, probably, run > the Linux install after it boots from the internal hard drive. > > Finding a Linux disk that will boot the machine from the CD and has the > appropriate PCMCIA Ethernet card drivers would, probably be the easiest. > If you can find one... > > Doc.. > > Pedro Perez wrote: > > >Thank you very much for the information. > >Yes, I hear the floppy spinning during start up but it ejects the disk > >as soon as it realize it is on the drive. I don't see any icon with an > >X during the process. > >Some Linux distributions say that they have the necessary drivers. > >I'll give it a try. Letś see what happens. > >Thank you again, > >Pedro > > > >On 10/25/05, Doc Holliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Yes, it is possible to boot from a floppy - I haven't done it in a long > >>time, but it is possible. The Mac automatically looks at the floppy disk > >>drive, if there is no system on the hard disk drive and no CD with a > >>system on it. Does the floppy drive mechanism spin [You should be able > >>to hear it spin] during start up? Does an icon of a floppy disk with an > >>X in the middle come on the screen? If so, you might check to make sure > >>that you have everything you need on the boot floppy, the floppy icon > >>with an X in it means there is no bootable system available to start the > >>computer. > >> > >>If you boot from the floppy, it probably won't have the Ethernet drivers > >>for your PCMCIA card on it, so I doubt you would be able to do a network > >>install. A bootable floppy may, or may not, have the correct drivers for > >>whatever CD-ROM drive you would use to to install Linux, if you decide > >>not to do a network install. You might be able to add the drivers for > >>both devices to your bootable floppy, if there is enough space on the > >>disk and they are compatible with the system software on the floppy. > >> > >>I would get a CD - internal or external - and boot the machine from the > >>Linux CD that way, (if the Linux CD will do that)... > >> > >>Apple is very jealous of its ROMs, they can't be accessed or hacked as > >>easily as the ones on a PC. You wouldn't need to change the BIOS to > >>check the floppy disk drive during start up, it already does that. > >> > >>Can you boot from the > >> > >>Pedro Perez wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello > >>>I have just bought a used powerbook 5300 and I know almost nothing > >>>about Macs, although I like them. The computer works fine, has a > >>>working floppy drive and an ethernet card (Xircom CEM56-100). I would > >>>like to install Linux on it. I might try a network instalation but I > >>>have to boot from the floppy first (I don't have a CD drive). > >>>I built a bootable floppy but the computer doesn't try to boot from it > >>>when I use it. Is there any possibility that I could change the boot > >>>order? Is it possible to access the BIOS? 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