I came into this conversation just recently but I have not seen anyone refer to "Blessing the System Folder." If this is not done, the disk will never boot. Look up in Google "Blessing the System folder" and it will walk you through dragging the suitcase out of the folder, closing the folder and dragging it back into the folder. This voodoo does something internally which solves the problem. Burn the disk only after this is done. Failing that, I seem to remember back in the Toast 4 or 5 days, that deep within one of the windows you could find a check box which would "Bless the System" for you. Due to scratches and careless handlers, I have had to duplicate any number of my OS disks in order to bring various machines back to life by using the above method.
Don Wakefield DTPetc! (DeskTop Productions et cetera!) Ballwin, Missouri, USA --- On Sun, 2/28/10, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Clark Martin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: looking for Mac os 9.1 To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 11:33 PM On 2/28/10 5:21 PM, Elliott Price wrote: > I had the same problem, but my procedure was: Insert OS 9.1 CD. Open > Disk Utility. Make a new image. Eject OS9 cd. Insert blank CD. Burn > DMG image to disk. (From Disk Utility.) It isn't bootable... (Well, > none of the 3 or so copies I tried are bootable. You can see all the > information on them...) Perhaps there's something I'm doing > wrong...? In disk utility, when you make the image, make sure you select the highest line showing the CD. There are two or three lines there. The bottom one is the VOLUME of the CD. If you make a disk image of that it's like making a disk image of any folder and it won't be bootable. By choosing the higher up line you are making a disk image of the DISK and that should be bootable. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
