You may have a CD that's just not compatible. The only solution to that
would be to get another. Some OS cds were supposed to be computer-specific.
I found an iBook OS 9 cd worked for the starmax. I dont know of anything
other than holding down the C key to startup from an OS CD.
NickUtah
> Hello Starmaxers,
>
> I'm back on this list after a very long hiatus. Hope all is well.
>
> I am trying to (finally) upgrade to O.S.9 on my Starmax 4400 with G3
> chip. I have the original CD-rom drive (from 1997) and FWB's CD-Rom
> toolkit.
>
> My problem: I cannot boot from the OS 9 CD. I remember from a long time
> ago there's something special that I need to do in order to boot up from
> the CD because of Motorola's special hardware, but for the life of me I
> cannot remember.
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