Hi Chris, Glad to here of your progress.
on 31.07.2002 01:34, pogi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I got hold of a Mac OS 9.1 > disk, except since I have no mouse and it doesn't have USB > extensions(9.2 does..) Indeed it does. What it doesn't have is USB adapter card support extensions, which can be downloaded here: <http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/En glish-North_American/Macintosh/USB_Updates/USB_Card_Support_1.4.1.smi.bin> [this is a direct link to the file itself; clicking on it will initiate a download of the file] After installing this, check that the more recent extensions haven't been replaced with the older ones--one never knows. There's no chance of major failure, just lesser performance. But this is putting the cart before the horse. Before you can even get that far, you're going to need an ADB mouse. None of the utilities you'll be using to set up the hard drive have much in the way of keyboard commands; it's all with buttons and menus, whether HDT or ADS. I doubt that anyone would go to the trouble to 'lock' a hard drive so that it is read-only or pasword protected, and HDT is not so aggressive that ADS can't format over it. OTOH, if you've got the money to spend, it wouldn't be wasted. The easiest way to build a bootable CD-ROM is to use Apple's imaging utility called 'Disk Copy' to make an image of a known bootable disc, such as the OS install. In the pull down menu next to 'Format:' choose 'Read/Write'; for 'Size:' choose '663,000K (CD-ROM 12 cm, full)'. You can then delete everything but the 'Utilities' and 'System Folder' folders--the OS installers won't work because they are copy protected ;-) -- and carefully add such files as you will. Most installers will behave properly from a locked disk, but a number of applications require careful handling. Be sure to include 'Stuffit Expander':<http://www.stuffit.com/expander/download.html> [this is a link to more information where you can get to the form for down loading the file]. Go slow for now, don't worry about using the USB card while booted from a CD-ROM, you'll have plenty of time to experiment later. Then follow the directions in Toast very carefully. Choose 'Mac Volume' for the format, then the bootable option--finding that is different strokes for different Toast. It's a little tricky, but at least you don't have to hang out at El Torrito to figure it out ;-) If you use a UMAX CD and want go to OS 9, you'll still have to reformat the hard drive, either with a late version of ADS [currently at 2.0.7] or a retail version of HDT because the drivers that come with it are not compatible with later OSes. Do you really want to go through this more than once? HTH, paul -- Paul F. Henegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
