Lonnie, There is a lot to digest in this... Let's see now...
If memory serves (I am just getting back into my old Macs), holding down the mouse button while booting will eject all removable media (hold it down as you power it up and keep on holding it until the media ejects). If all else fails, you can always remove the drive from the machine and press the eject button... but I would just go get a paperclip first... LOL There may be a missing CD-ROM driver (I have never used a NAD)... Or possibly the CD-ROM drive has been replaced by a non-Apple branded drive (though if you have a bootable Mac disk in the CD-ROM drive on boot, I think the driver will load even if it is non-Apple drive - again if memory serves). It sounds like this "new" drive was already formated and usable... So I am not sure why you want to run HD SC. For getting 7.5.5 (or whatever you have on your Quadra) onto the "new" hard drive, my best suggestion would be to put your "new" drive into your quadra and simply copy the system folder from the Quadra's drive. Just unplug the built-in CD, and replace it with the "new" hard drive (after adjusting the SCSI address on your new hard drive - try using anything other than 0 or 7). A HD to HD transfer is going to be much faster and easier than running through an entire install again. To use the drives (assuming non-Apple branded), you will either need to use a third party formatter (HD) / driver (CD-ROM) or use patched versions of Apple's. I have done both and they both work... I kind of like the Apple approach myself. Although there are times when a third party tool is necessary. Derek On Mar 3, 2009, at 12:22 AM, lrbarrios wrote: > > About three years ago, I resurrected a Quadra 650. I replaced the > defective hard drive and then put an operating system (7.5.3) on it > using only my PC (it was my first Mac). I had created a boot disk > using RAWRITE and burned a CD with System 7.5.3 and 7.5.5 plus several > other necessities (OpenTransport, etc.). Following the instructions > on Pickle's Low End Mac FAQ and Tyler Sable's 7.5.5 Zone, it was > relatively painless. > > Recently, I received an LC 520 with a dead hard drive. I received a > replacement 50-pin SCSI drive (325MB) from a generous person on the > LEM Swap List. He went through the trouble of testing the drive and > then installing, an OS on it. I don't recall which version OS. I > have the 'Install Me First CD' for the LC which contains System 7.1. > I went through the install process for that CD, just to play around > with it. Eventually, I would like to get 7.5.3 installed on the drive > there to start with (from the CD I had created for the 'Project > Quadra') and then go to 7.5.5. I can't find that darn boot floppy > that I had originally made, so I recreated the boot disk using Apple's > 7.5 Network Access Disk disk image. I can boot the 520 with the NAD > disk. I can replace the System Folder on the hard drive with the > System Folder of the NAD disk. I can boot the hard drive using the > same System that the NAD had. There are a few problems though. > > When I insert the 'Install Me First CD' or my homemade 'System 7 > Stuff' CD, neither will show on the Desktop. I know the CDs are > good. I can actually boot to the 'Install Me First CD'. Question #1: > Without using a paper clip (apparently there is a shortage of them in > my house), how can I eject the CD? Question #2: How do I get the CDs > to mount on the Desktop? Is there a CD driver missing from the NAD? If > so, there is only 10K of free disk space to put one on there. > > The second problem that I have is that when I run Apple HD SC, it says > there are no suitable SCSI drives found on the bus (or something like > that). That's strange, I thought I just booted from the hard drive. > Drive Setup doesn't seem to help either. Question #3: How can I > initialize this drive (I forget the make and model, but I know it's > not an Apple branded drive)? > > The crazy thing is that I did all of this before with only a PC. Now > I have the assistance of the Quadra 650 (with is not Internet attached > at this moment). I download the files on my PC. Unstuff the .bin. > Copy the .sea to a floppy. Carry it to the Quadra. Have the Quadra > tell me that it's a PC file. Copy the file to the Quadra's hard > drive. Open the .sea. Eject the floppy. Insert a Mac formatted > floppy. Copy the extract files to the Mac floppy. Eject that > floppy. Carry it to the LC 520 (on the other side of the house). > Yes, I could probably cut out a few steps if I just connected the > Quadra to the ethernet... maybe I will. > > Does anyone have any suggestions for how to format this drive and get > 7.5.3 on it? Thanks. > > Lonnie. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
