thanks for your thoughts :) it confirm me that disk utility is probably not the way to do an image of the CD, does anyone know a burning software on mac that could do a proper image of the os 9.1 CD ? or anyone have a PC and could do the image with imgburn ?
On Mar 1, 10:26 am, Don Wakefield <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > netiquette guide is athttp://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 > athttp://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/
