At 1:19 AM +0000 11/24/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I have a Starmax (I think 3000) that I bought 2nd hand on Ebay, complete with >a Sonnet G3 card. It runs great, and I have OS 8.1 installed. My problem is >that it will not seem to read the 9.1 disk that I have. It is supposed to be >for all iMacs and Power PC's so it should work, but all it does is spin in the >drive without doing anything. > >Am I missing something here (like a patch or a pre-loader program) or is the >disk I have just not compatible with the Starmax? > >BTW, for anyone that knows the models, mine is a desktop model, and I have 144 >megs of RAM in it, a 1 gig drive, and the stock IDE CD ROM drive. If you know >the model number, that would be nice for future reference. > >I know that 9.1 will run on this machine, because I copied the system folder >(from my Tech Tools disk) to a blank 1 gig drive and it booted up fine. I just >can't get anything else onto the drive. (No CD control by just dragging the >system folder onto the blank drive). I also cannot access the internet, >because I can't seem to load any drivers without the rest of the operating >system files. > >Is it mandatory to have an "off the shelf" version of OS 9.1 to run or load >onto this machine?
Hi, Sounds like you should have run Drive Setup on that blank Hard Drive. Copied that System Folder over (which sounds like a questionable procedure) and then Updated the driver afterwards using Drive Setup again. A CD "burned" as OS Standard (HFS) may not mount on a drive formatted "Mac OS Extended" or HFS+ About 9.1 which I use in this 9500: I could be wrong but a Max 3000 that I just gave to a friend is running slower than it should, it seems to me. I'm going to try OS 8.6 in it and I think it will speed up. . . given that it only has a 603e processor. Terry -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
