You know, I must say this is really getting annoying. Your patience and offers of help are all appreciated a lot lot lot. Offers of a consoling Scotch would be useful about now...
I have been so focussed on booting from the Norton CD that I haven't tried booting from any others until now. So I have tried, and here's where we are. I cannot boot from the Norton CD, which I have booted from in the past, many times. I also cannot boot from my Apple 8.5 CD. And I cannot boot from the original Umax system CD. In other words, I can't boot from any CD at all. C500, 8.6, 144mb, G3/280, same old original CD-ROM drive. (I am not spending any more money on this thing by buying a different CD-ROM drive. Already spent too much.) I am feeling ready to trash the whole thing and stumble blindly over to a blue & white G3 (I think that's what it is) that a friend is giving me free of charge. Mind you, I haven't even seen it yet, it has no keyboard, mouse, or monitor, I know nothing about it, but right now it's looking better all the time. AARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! You may now return to your regularly scheduled emails. -- Cranky Bill Spencer in the impending deep-freeze of NH Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
