Try with the CD in the drive and hold down the command-option-shift-delete keys all at the same time right after hitting the power button. That should force it to boot from the CD.
Ron On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:54:54 -0500, Sean Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael and all, > > I am a little confused on what I should be doing to upgrade my PTP225 to OS > 9.1. I have the grey CD and a newly formatted hard disk (2.0GB). I tried > putting the CD in the CD-ROM drive and holding the C key to bot from the CD. > Nothing happened. I was able to reboot to the current OS7.5.3. > > Do I need to prepare the CD and HD with third party drivers before I use the > OS9.1 disk? I've read your note below a couple of times and am still > confused. Can you help me by pointing out the steps to take to upgrade to > OS9.1 with this hardware. I'd like to try the software solution first. > > Thanks for the help and sorry for being so dumb <g>. > > Sean > > > One thing to bear in mind when using the PTP, or and PowerComputing unit, > is > > that the CDROM, and in many cases the Hard Drive will require third party > > drivers, and they do not have Apple ROM built in as do native Macs. The > setup > > disks which came with the units new had FWB CDROM Toolkit and HD Toolkit > > included, but are pretty rare these days. The are two solutions, software > & > > hardware. > > The software solution requires either obtaining a copy of the toolkits, > hacking > > Mac OS drivers or finding a copy of Mac OS 7.6 (the drivers for this > system > > seem to work with many more strains of CDROMs) > > The hardware solution is to install a CDROM and hard drive from later > model > > Macs which have a SCSI interface . These are readily available and cheap > either > > in used computer/consignment shops, on eBay, and through LEM sponsors. The > PTP > > will easily accept a second CDR as well, plus a ZIP drive if required. > > > > I use one daily with an XLR8 G4/375 mounted on a ZIF card and running > MacOS > > 8.6. The PowerTowerPro is an excellent machine...the best of the Mac clone > era. > > > > Cheers...Michael -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
