Judith Cosgrove wrote: > > Alan -- > > Thanks for the heads up on xpostfacto; I'll check that out. > > The Yamaha 8424S CDRW drive is internal -- it replaced the dead > original drive (a Matsushita, IIRC). I have tried the various CD > extensions and drivers, including original and hacked Apple OS8.6, > InTech's CD driver, and a couple others, all to no avail. Any help > appreciated. > -----------
In the interest of taking care of the bootability issue without too much tinkering, I would like to suggest you find someone who can loan you an external SCSI CD drive of some sort (burner or reader) for booting from another CD besides the Jaguar installer. I don't know why but the Yamaha must not be an "apple" compatible unit. Once you manage to boot from the external device, the internal one can be used for the install CD. (That's how I got around loading 9.1 - boot from external with a startup disc, then loaded the install CD on the internal CD drive for the installation.) Actually, the external device can be a hard drive as long as it is bootable and there is a system folder. There may be headaches trying to boot from the install CD itself, thus my suggestion to get the machine booted from another external source. You could also try to boot from one HD and then load the CD on your internal Yamaha for the installation in a separate volume (on the first 8 mb in some cases ?) Others should be able to refine/refute/improve my suggestion. Alan -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
