*put them in. Sorry, autocorrect On Dec 31, 2011 9:02 AM, "Jake Lumpkin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dylan, > > I have both a install DVD and a set of four installation CDs, I can hear > the disks turning when I out them in, but they never speed up. But, when > the computer is on and booted into OS X I can open the drive by pressing > the eject key on the keyboard. Does this mean OS X is recognising the drive? > > Jake > On Dec 31, 2011 2:14 AM, "Dylan McDermond" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Dec 31, 2011 1:50 AM, "Todd Brayer" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I never used 10.1, but doesn't it have a Startup Disk thing in the >>> control panels that you can use to have it default to starting from >>> the system disk? I don't see if you tried that or not. >> >> >>> >>> On Dec 30, 2011, at 10:55 PM, Jake Lumpkin wrote: >> >> Yea, I've seen that. But I'm pretty sure that's for hard drives and not >> for booting to a cd. >> >> >> The "Startup Disk" System Preference Pane should show any bootable volume >> be it hard disk, CD, DVD or Firewire. It is possible that either you have a >> bad optical drive or it is only a CD reader and your install media is DVD >> (the original 700MHz came with options of a CD-ROM, CD/RW, Combo or >> SuperDrive). >> >> - Dylan >> >> -- >> ----- >> 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/
