OK, please no flames as I am new to the Mac world. I aquired an old Quadra 700 (68040 machine) pre-installed with OS 8.1. The computer came with an NEC external scsi cd-rom drive. Well since it is not an Apple model I can't boot from it with the 'c' key. The drive uses the cd-sunrise extension and works fine in 8.1.
My question is: If something were to ever happen to the disk and I needed to reinstall the OS, how would I do it? I have all 19 parts of the 7.5.3 I downloaded from Apple and if I create a boot floppy with that and include the cd-sunrise extension, I can't read the OS 8.0 cd-rom. The OS wants to initialize the cd! Same thing happens if I create a boot disk from the 8.0 cd. The extension loads for the cdrom drive but I can't read the 8.0 CD, it wants to erase the CD. The drive and OS 8 cd works just fine while booted in 8.1. Please explain! Todd -- Quadlist 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> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
