on 12/30/02 10:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I need to ask a question somewhat related to Bill's question. I > have now a CD with Norton Utilities 5 for Mac and I believe that the > CD playe rdoesn't recognize the CD disk for some reason. I can use > all the utilities/tools just can't launch from the CD- which means I > can't use Speed Disk. I have selected Norton as the Startup disk and > when I boot up it starts out with an image of a blank diskette and > after a few seconds the computer switches over to system 8.6 on the > hard drive. I have tried launching while holding down the command, > option,shift, delete keys and that didn't help. I used all the > utilities and my fragmentation is severe. Any suggestions short of > replacing the hardrive the original 1.9 GB Matwhatever.
Hi Keith, That's one of the most common SuperMac CDROM questions for sure... The thing is that when trying to boot via a utility CD like Norton, TechTool, DiskWarrior, etc., the CD driver on that CD doesn't support the CDROM drive in the UMAX machines (typically a Matsushita device), and therefore can't boot like an Apple branded machine can. If you can boot from an external hard drive that has a compatible CD driver on it, and just insert the Norton CD, you can then do a defrag or repair. In other words, it isn't always necessary to boot from the Norton CD providing you have another device to boot from instead. The only true remedy for not being able to boot from the myriad of Repair Utilities and System Installers CD's, is to get an actual Apple ROM'ed CDROM drive. All the best, -Howie -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
