It was an incompatible drive problem. I had an old Apple drive laying around, when I put thatin the computer and the OS installed without a hitch. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SuperMacs List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [SM] Installing 8.5 in c500
> > > Marc wrote: > > > > Adealer burned a cd with OS 8.5 for me. The c500 cd rom doesn't recognize > > the disk. I also have a PM 5260 and the disk is recognized in that computer. > > Can anybody help me out with this problem? Thanks in advance. > > -------- > > You are going to have to find an external SCSI CD-ROM drive or burner > and boot from that device with the dealer burned CD (or any other > bootable CD.) > More then likely you are cursed with one of the Matshita CD drives that > were installed on > many many SuperMac machines. > It's more of a fact of life many of us learn to deal with rather then it > being a problem.... > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
