On Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 3:47:21 PM UTC-6, Mike Mckinnon wrote: > > I’m setting up an old Mac I pulled out of storage recently. The hard drive > will spin up and mount, and I can even launch software installed on it, but > I get errors if I try to write to it or even run a scan from the disk > repair app. I was trying to install 6.0.8 to it from an external floppy > drive because the internal one is toast. Basically anything other than > opening what’s already on there is a big fat fail. > > Any ideas? I’m inclined to think that being 30+ years old is the main > culprit here.
Did you install any jumpers recently, or since you last used it? Perhaps you've installed a Write-Protect jumper? IIRC most of the old drives had a jumper for WP. Jeff Walther -- -- ----- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
